64 Bit to 32 Bit

[JonM33]

Thank you for your reply. I hav c/p our company's statement on Windows 7:

The 64-bit applications available today are primarily targeted for gamers, not enterprise business users. The 64-bit environment may be incompatible with business applications and peripherals (such as printers) designed for the 32-bit environment. While some improvements have been made with Windows 64-bit, the reliability of supported applications cannot be guaranteed. XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX will continue to monitor the adoption of Windows 64-bit and initiate a certification effort once this product receives more vendor support for enterprise business use.

Many of the problems seem to be with IE 8, and we cannot dowgrad to IE 7 on the OS.

Thanks again.

What are they talking about? There aren't even any 64-bit games. Actually, most 64-bit programs are indeed enterprise business level. There's Adobe Photoshop, Java, Oracle database, SQL database, Maya Studio, Lightwave, AutoCAD, video encoding, etc.

Whoever made that "statement" about 64-bit is completely clueless.

I would agree that the problem would be IE8, which is standard on Windows 7. It forces a lot of people to use XP Mode, which has it's flaws.

I would suggest that they merely set up a Windows terminal server and host their legacy software on it. Company employees can use Remote Desktop (RDP) to connect to it and do what they need to do.

 

[mickey megabyte]

here's an interesting recently published statistic:

source

also, there are a few 64bit games, not many to be sure, but a few.