[AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit

 > Think of Office 2010 x64 as the Access 95 of Offices.  It's follow-up was Access 97, which just
simply rocked!

In the meantime here we are in the "Office 95" era waiting for MS to figure it out and the rest of 
the world to catch up.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 5/11/2011 11:25 AM, Drew Wutka wrote:
> Not to pull away from Darrell's question, but what do you mean that they
> are doing everything they can to encourage people not to use it?
>
> That Office 2010 has 3 versions (the 32, 64 and 32/64) is an indication
> that Microsoft is preparing for a Full, 64 bit ONLY version Office.
>
> To look at the push towards 64 bit computing, don't look at Office, look
> at Windows. Most home users are getting Windows 7 64 bit without even
> knowing it.  It's the business world that is slowly making the
> intentional conversion.
>
> This is more complex than the 16 to 32 bit conversion.  The computer
> market was nowhere near as large or as saturated as it is now.  64 bit
> processors have been out since the 90's, but in the last 5 or 6 years,
> all PC based systems have been coming out with 64 bit processors, that
> are just allowing 32 bit OSes.  I am willing to bet that the next
> release, or the one after, will be available ONLY as 64 bit.
>
> Think of Office 2010 x64 as the Access 95 of Offices.  It's follow-up
> was Access 97, which just simply rocked!
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:35 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit
>
> Hi Darrell,
> I'd be interested in the reason they use 64 bit Office. Microsoft does
> everything they can to encourage people not to use it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darrell Burns
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:03 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: [AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit
>
> Hello. I developed a 32-bit Access 2007 app with VBA code that uses DAO
> exclusively for data access and has no add-ins. My client has Windows 7
> 64-bit PCs running Office 2010 64-bit. I delivered the app as a 2007
> runtime
> package and it didn't work at their place.
> The app runs fine on my WinServer2008 machine with Office 2010 32-bit,
> but I
> haven't tested it under Office 2010 64-bit.
> Since my other clients are still operating in the 32-bit world, I can't
> abandon the 32-bit version.
> Is there a way to satisfy both worlds with just one version?
>
> Thanx,
> DB
>
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