Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Mon Sep 16 07:21:43 CDT 2013
>From what I've read and experimented with, the consensus seems to be that the only significant gain to be had with Office 64-bit is in Excel. Arthur On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Darryl Collins < darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au> wrote: > 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 > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Arthur