What to build

[Guest andreasj64]

I'm a fairly tech savy kind of person, but have been out of the scene for a

while. My question is about 64-bit machines vs 32-bit machines. While I see

there may be a few compatability issues, technically, should my 32-bit

software work on a 64-bit OS/machine? (ie. dreamweaver, flash, office xp,

fireworks, illustrator... etc.)

[Guest Jud Hendrix]

Re: What to build

 

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:38:00 -0700, andreasj64

<andreasj64@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>technically, should my 32-bit

>software work on a 64-bit OS/machine? (ie. dreamweaver, flash, office xp,

>fireworks, illustrator... etc.)

 

Yes, as long as it doesn't have any hardware like dongles, you should be

fine. If you go for Vista 64, there might sometimes be issues with proper

access-rights to folders, but that is usually easy to solve.

 

jud

[Guest S.SubZero]

Re: What to build

 

On Aug 21, 3:38 pm, andreasj64 <andreas...@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote:

> I'm a fairly tech savy kind of person, but have been out of the scene for a

> while. My question is about 64-bit machines vs 32-bit machines. While I see

> there may be a few compatability issues, technically, should my 32-bit

> software work on a 64-bit OS/machine? (ie. dreamweaver, flash, office xp,

> fireworks, illustrator... etc.)

 

For the record, it is not very easy these days to buy a brand new

Intel or AMD CPU that isn't based on x64. The vast majority of CPUs

by these chip makers have been x64-based for a while.

 

That being said, *all* of these x64-based processors will happily run

your 32-bit OS of choice, if you so wish to use one. The x64 CPUs are

absolutely 100% able to run these OSs with no quirks or issues.

[Guest Carlos]

Re: What to build

 

AND...

They don't need any 32-bit driver

AND/OR...

The installer is NOT 16-bit.

:)

Carlos

 

"Jud Hendrix" wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:38:00 -0700, andreasj64

> <andreasj64@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >technically, should my 32-bit

> >software work on a 64-bit OS/machine? (ie. dreamweaver, flash, office xp,

> >fireworks, illustrator... etc.)

>

> Yes, as long as it doesn't have any hardware like dongles, you should be

> fine. If you go for Vista 64, there might sometimes be issues with proper

> access-rights to folders, but that is usually easy to solve.

>

> jud

>