Darryl Collins
darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Sun Sep 15 19:15:08 CDT 2013
I know one of the guys I worked with here ran some parallel testing using several of the data intensive processes we do using Excel and Access. He found no (or very little) difference between the performance of O32 Bit and O64 Bit, both using Win 7 64 bit as the OS. There was a stack of annoyances though with Office 64 bit. Not stability issues as such, but more day to day stuff with code and addins failing or needing tweaking and other irritations. We decided that (for us) there was zero advantage in using Office 64 bit at the present time. Of course this is hardly a conclusive or reliable study and your mileage *will* vary. I guess I was expecting a big leap in performance, but it just wasn't there. I think one day it will be great and standard use, but just not now. Currently, too much hassle for not enough gain - maybe I am just getting Lazy (?) Cheers Darryl. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Benson Sent: Friday, 13 September 2013 6:21 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Questions on 32-bit 64-bit - Applications Developed with Access-2007 I am not disagreeing Darryl, but I do want to point out that without moving to 64-bit office, I don't think you get any advantage at all from Excel having more memory on the PC to do whatever it needs. While using more memory for other applications, I think Excel 32-bit still will only try to make use of up to 2 GB of memory. So if I am having "issues" with 32 bit excel running under win 7 32-bit with 4gb memory, nothing has improved to run 32 bit Excel running under win 7 64-bit with 8GB memory. So I have surmised. That's what I have been able to surmise anyway. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 7:42 PM, Darryl Collins < darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au> wrote: > 2nd that. 64 Bit OS with 32 bit Office is currently the better option. > > Regards > Darryl > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John R Bartow > Sent: Thursday, 29 August 2013 8:50 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Questions on 32-bit 64-bit - Applications > Developed with Access-2007 > > Just for one more voice on that issue: DON'T USE 64 BIT OFFICE! > > ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte > Foust > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 12:00 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Questions on 32-bit 64-bit - Applications > Developed with Access-2007 > > To add to What Jim said, even Micrrosoft doesn't really recommend > running Office 64-bit unless you absolutely need to. I run Office > 32-bit on Win 8 64-bit without any problems. If some of your machines > are transitioning from 32-bit to 64-bit, you're best off upgrading to 32-bit Office. > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Brad Marks <BradM at blackforestltd.com > >wrote: > > > All, > > > > We are starting to discuss the replacement of a number of old PCs (XP). > > They will probably be replaced with new Dell PCs. > > > > We have a number of Access 2007 applications (32 bit). > > > > It is my understanding that Access 2007 applications (32 bit) will > > run fine under Win-7 32-bit or Win-7 64 bit. > > > > It is my understanding that there are significant problems when > > trying to run Access 2007 (32-bit) applications with Office 2013 (64 bit). > > Is this true? > > > > Also, it is my understanding that if Office 2013 is installed on a > > Windows-7 64-bit PC, it will be installed as Office 2013 64-bit. > > > > On the other hand if Office 2013 is installed on a Windows-7 32-bit > > PC, it will be installed as Office 2013 32-bit. > > > > Is this correct? > > > > Will an Access 2007 application run Okay with Office 2013 32-bit? > > > > Thanks, > > Brad > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- *Regards,* ** ** *Bill Benson* *VBACreations* ** PS: You've gotten this e-mail *because you matter to me!* -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com