64 vs 32 bits - dilema!
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hi everybody! i've got an opportunity to upgrade my system to amd 64 3200+. it's preaty cheap and it would be stupid to miss it, but... i do developing under windows and linux and MOST clients of mine are the users of 32-bit architecture. in the specs of the cpu i found misterious phrase "supports both simulteniously 32 and 64 arc's" huh? so, my dilema is - miss or not miss good chance for the upgrade. What are the issues will i face after upgrade to 64 (with regard to developing under win .NET studio)? What are the consiquences for my end-users? I mean only windows users, if they have win2k (just for example!) and 32-bit cpu (pIII), and they try to run a binary that was built on my winXPpro 64-bit cpu, will they have problems? please, share your opinion and experience, i really need it! thanx alex debug - is my life style
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hi everybody! i've got an opportunity to upgrade my system to amd 64 3200+. it's preaty cheap and it would be stupid to miss it, but... i do developing under windows and linux and MOST clients of mine are the users of 32-bit architecture. in the specs of the cpu i found misterious phrase "supports both simulteniously 32 and 64 arc's" huh? so, my dilema is - miss or not miss good chance for the upgrade. What are the issues will i face after upgrade to 64 (with regard to developing under win .NET studio)? What are the consiquences for my end-users? I mean only windows users, if they have win2k (just for example!) and 32-bit cpu (pIII), and they try to run a binary that was built on my winXPpro 64-bit cpu, will they have problems? please, share your opinion and experience, i really need it! thanx alex debug - is my life style
lobanovski wrote: please, share your opinion and experience, i really need it! I have no experience only memories of an article I read recently in a computer magazine. If you are running 32 bit versions of Windows and Visual Studio (which you will be as the 64 bit versions aren't due out for a while) you will create valid 32 bit executables that will run fine on PIII's, P4's and older Athlons. Michael Martin Australia "I suspect I will be impressed though, I am easy." - Paul Watson 21/09/2003