64 bit any downside

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:29 pm

I'm about to buy a new computer that I suppose will be 64 bit.

Any downside? What about older programs and utilities?

Did download the Win7 compatibility utility on the 32 bit Win XP.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:00 pm

Almost all 32 bit apps will still run fine with very few exceptions, however ancient 16 bit applications will not run anymore (but there are hardly any 16 bit apps left in the wild anyway).

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:00 pm

Thanks for the info.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:05 pm

I had a boss that tried switching a few of our workstations over to 64 xp. As a result, some of our applications, like 3dsmax (64), were terribly unstable. This was back in 2007; things might be different now.