Windows 2003 x32 or x64???
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{RESOLVED} THIS HAS BEEN FIGURED OUT BY ME, MR. I DON'T KNOW HARDWARE AT ALL.:-> {/RESOLVED} So I have a Windows 2003 server that I know is fully 64bit with 64bit drivers and all that. Should I still install Windows 2003 x32 if I'm going to be using it as my desktop and installing a bunch of desktop applications on it? So my "other" consensus indicates to use 32bit for my needs. Guess I'll jump into that boat then.
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{RESOLVED} THIS HAS BEEN FIGURED OUT BY ME, MR. I DON'T KNOW HARDWARE AT ALL.:-> {/RESOLVED} So I have a Windows 2003 server that I know is fully 64bit with 64bit drivers and all that. Should I still install Windows 2003 x32 if I'm going to be using it as my desktop and installing a bunch of desktop applications on it? So my "other" consensus indicates to use 32bit for my needs. Guess I'll jump into that boat then.
I'd stick with 32 bit.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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I'd stick with 32 bit.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Yup that was the consensus of my other group as well.:rose:
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Yup that was the consensus of my other group as well.:rose:
I use x64. I have had no problems except for printer drivers. I use large format HP plotters and everything still works. I work in an AutoCAD/ESRI drafting environment using dual graphics monitors. Autocad and ArcGIS programs run in 32bit mode. AutoCAD's printer environment is strange, since a drawing is very closely connected to the eventual plotter. Adobe's PDF (7.x) creator won't install, but you can run it manually. The timesheet program from Quickbooks will not run on x64, but it was compiled in 96(?). But x64 won't run anything that is tainted with Windows 3.1! I think that disk and network access is a lot faster in x64, but my opinion is subjective. Oh, and my virus software won't do real time! In a high graphics environment, virus scanning just slows everything up.
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