jack drawbridge
jackandpat.d at gmail.com
Mon Sep 16 07:46:06 CDT 2013
Here is a quote from one of the more experienced Access and Office users on AccessWorldForums "Most hardware these days is 64-bit. And for that, you will need 64-bit Windows. HOWEVER, I would stick with the 32-bit version of Office. Access 32-bit and 64-bit are not compatible and the 64-bit version of Office gives you nothing except the ability to run humongous spreadsheets and IMNSHO, that isn't an advantage at all. It isn't possible to install 32-bit Access and 64-bit Word, Excel, etc. It's all or nothing so stick with 32-bit Officefor a bit longer. " Jack On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>wrote: > 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 > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >