[nfbcs] XP to 32-bit Windows 7

[Steve Jacobson]

Brian,

I suspect that her position is the same as mine, that the upgrade is governed by my employer.  We went from XP to 
Windows 32-bit here, I suspect because they couldn't be certain if everything we use, directly and/or indirectly, 
would work under 64-bit.  Although I would agree with your advice on going to 64-bit directly in general, I've 
seen more instances of software or drivers  not working under 64-bit than the other case, that being working under 
64-bit but not 32-bit.  I went directly to 64-bit at home and mostly did not have a problem except for a scanner 
driver that didn't work under 64-bit that I understand would have worked under 32-bit.  If she goes with what 
other employees are getting, though, she can get help from her employer's tech support people.  What would make 
sense in general may not make as much sense when you don't have complete control over your environment and someone 
else is responsible for maintaining the machine.  For example, my computer does not go to Windows update.  It gets 
patches sent to it by my employer.  It is questionable whether I sould get all the necessary patches if I had a 
64-bit computer.  Does this make any sense?

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 09:24:21 -0700, Brian Buhrow via nfbcs wrote:

>	Hello.  Yes, you are right that it wil most likely work without a
>problem -- though I'd suggest testing it if possible before making the
>switch.
>	the larger question, I think, is when do you plan to switch to 64-bit?
>Software is getting pretty larege now days and being restricted to 4GB of
>memory is fast becoming a real problem.  (Yes, I know there are hacks to
>allow 32-bit machines to access more than 4GB of memory, but they are work
>arounds for a fundamental problem that never really goes away until you
>switch to 64-bit operation.)  If you can make the leap from  XP to Window 7
>64-bit in one jump and still get work done, I'd suggest doing that since
>I'm pretty sure you're going to have to go to 64-bit anyway and you may as
>well spend as little time jumping from platform to platform as possible.
>(Just my two cents.)

>-Brian

>On Sep 9,  9:05am, Tracy Carcione via nfbcs wrote:
>} Subject: [nfbcs] XP to 32-bit Windows 7
>} My office is getting ready to swap out my XP machine for a new machine
>} running 32-bit Windows 7.  Am I right in thinking that the terminal
>} emulation software that runs on my XP machine ought to run as well with
>} the new machine, since they're both 32-bit?
>} Has anyone run an Alva ABT340 on 32-bit Windows 7?  The Alva guys told me
>} it was hit-and-miss, but sometimes works.
>} Thanks.
>} 
>} 
>} 
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