32bit vs 64bit

[sparkeh]

it gave us the oppertunity to ditch some of the old legacy aplpications that used to cause us headaches.

True, true.

"Oh sorry deosn't work with 64 bit..."

*snicker*

[Michael]

All sites are Windows 7 32Bit and Office 2010 32Bit, with only Windows Server 2008 R2 being 64Bit.

 

Reasons being software compatibility, but also 32Bit works on netbooks better than 64Bit. Plus 32Bit Windows 7 and Office 2010 patches are smaller than their 64Bit equivalents.

[sted]

ive always run x64 win7 (but x86 office though ive been running x64 on mine and never noticed any issues) never seen the point of x86 and is other have said i can ditch some awful software

when win7 came out and with server 08r2 being x64 only i presumed the next consumer version of windows (win8 as it turned out) would be x64 only so i elected to et the pain out of the way in 1 step so everything xp is 32bit everything above is 64bit means i dont have to worry about memory etc (had a laptop on friday that had 6gb in it)

[gshaw]

Went 32-bit this summer to make sure everything ran OK, x64 next summer now the Windows 7 setup is running nicely

[easytrace-support]

Windows 7 64 Bit everywhere [except the Canteen where the touch screen tills are still XP 32 Bit and the Canteen workstation is Windows 7 32 Bit because EasyTrace/Crystal Reports requires 32 Bit]

 

I saw going to 64 Bit as an opportunity to drop some EXTREMELY old [16 Bit] software which was running on our old network. They gave us nothing but problems. Can't run them now. Sorry.

 

Hi DaveP, you may be interested to know that our latest release of EasyTrace no longer uses Crystal Reports and will work fine in a x64 environment. You are welcome to contact the support desk for further information.