Vista 64 compatibility?

[Scotter]

Building a new computer.
Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need to
run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I can
think of now:

MS Office 2003
MS Visual Studio 2005
FTP Voyager
Boxer Text Editor
Nero
Photoshop CS2
Illustrator CS2
Acrobat
Flash 8
Poser 7
Game: Supreme Commander
Game: Planetside
iTunes
Fraps

Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you all
found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that works
with the 64-bit Vista mail program?

Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of Googling
now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)

 

[Derek meier]

Windows x64 will run your 32bit software for the most part. You'd have a
tough time running just x64 apps since there are not very many.From your
list I know I only use Nero and you will have to download the latest from
their website for vista compatibility. Itunes may possibly have issues with
Vista. On the rest you will have to either load them and try or google to
find peoples experiences with them.

 

[Xbox Live Fan]

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.

 

[Benjamin Gawert]

* Scotter:

Building a new computer.
Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software?
Yes.

Or do I need to
run 64-bit versions of everything?
No.

Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
severely limit what software I can use?

Yes. No 16bit programs (and this includes 32bit programs that come with
16bit installers), no programs that only come with 32bit drivers...

Here are some of the programs I can
think of now:
[snip]

iTunes

No iTunes for 64bit Windows. The last iTunes version that runs on 64bit
Windows is 6.0.4 which is outdated and suffers from several security
holes...

Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
Vista... ?

What for? Windows Mail is just a pimped Outlook Express. Why give up
Outlook for that?

Anything you all want to share about that?

Do you have any native x64 programs or more than 4GB RAM? If not then
you will be much better suited with 32bit Vista...

Benjamin

 

[Dale M. White]

I can't promote using Vista64 myself, since I'm still questioning whether we
have a need yet for a 64bit OS. But since you listed some things that might
actually need greater than 4GB of ram, I'll skip my thoughts on that.
Currently I triple boot between XP, Vista32 and Vista64

I mostly game, and I have Supreme Commander, it's a Games for Windows games,
which means it should work under Vista64 as well. Check the Tech Support
forums and you'll see there is problems with SupCom in general so hard to
know where the problem is, but under Vista 64, Ive gotten 2 BSODs and 2 CTDs
.. Under XP and Vista32 no BSODS and only 1 CTD.

Office 2003 works fine, though Outlook is all I really use.

I used FRAPS 2.8.2 and it would give me BSODs when playing Battlefield 2142
for more than 45 mins. Stopped using FRAPs and the BSODs went away

 

[Scotter]

Thanks for all the great info!
Yeah, I purchased 8 gig of RAM for this new machine and I want/need to use
all of it.
That is my number one reason for moving into a 64-bit OS.
Glad you illluminated that mail program.
So it does not have a calendar?
I actually preferred many things about Outlook Express and only reason I
moved to Outlook was for the calendar. Outlook's way of handling contacts
frustrates me. But if the new Windows Mail in Vista doesn't have a calendar
then I'll stick with Outlook. I suppose that will make moving all my rules,
etc. easier?

--
Scotter
-

* Scotter:

Building a new computer.
Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software?
Yes.

Or do I need to
run 64-bit versions of everything?
No.

Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
severely limit what software I can use?

Yes. No 16bit programs (and this includes 32bit programs that come with
16bit installers), no programs that only come with 32bit drivers...

Here are some of the programs I can
think of now:
[snip]

iTunes

No iTunes for 64bit Windows. The last iTunes version that runs on 64bit
Windows is 6.0.4 which is outdated and suffers from several security
holes...

Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
Vista... ?

What for? Windows Mail is just a pimped Outlook Express. Why give up
Outlook for that?

Anything you all want to share about that?

Do you have any native x64 programs or more than 4GB RAM? If not then you
will be much better suited with 32bit Vista...

Benjamin

 

[John Barnes]

Windows Mail does have a calendar

Thanks for all the great info!
Yeah, I purchased 8 gig of RAM for this new machine and I want/need to use
all of it.
That is my number one reason for moving into a 64-bit OS.
Glad you illluminated that mail program.
So it does not have a calendar?
I actually preferred many things about Outlook Express and only reason I
moved to Outlook was for the calendar. Outlook's way of handling contacts
frustrates me. But if the new Windows Mail in Vista doesn't have a
calendar then I'll stick with Outlook. I suppose that will make moving all
my rules, etc. easier?

--
Scotter
-

* Scotter:

Building a new computer.
Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software?
Yes.

Or do I need to
run 64-bit versions of everything?
No.

Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
severely limit what software I can use?

Yes. No 16bit programs (and this includes 32bit programs that come with
16bit installers), no programs that only come with 32bit drivers...

Here are some of the programs I can
think of now:
[snip]

iTunes

No iTunes for 64bit Windows. The last iTunes version that runs on 64bit
Windows is 6.0.4 which is outdated and suffers from several security
holes...

Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
Vista... ?

What for? Windows Mail is just a pimped Outlook Express. Why give up
Outlook for that?

Anything you all want to share about that?

Do you have any native x64 programs or more than 4GB RAM? If not then you
will be much better suited with 32bit Vista...

Benjamin

 

[Scotter]

Ah! Has anyone here played with Vista Mail?
Impressions?
I'm going to go Google "reviews of Vista Mail" now to see what I can find.

--
Scotter
-

Windows Mail does have a calendar

Thanks for all the great info!
Yeah, I purchased 8 gig of RAM for this new machine and I want/need to
use all of it.
That is my number one reason for moving into a 64-bit OS.
Glad you illluminated that mail program.
So it does not have a calendar?
I actually preferred many things about Outlook Express and only reason I
moved to Outlook was for the calendar. Outlook's way of handling contacts
frustrates me. But if the new Windows Mail in Vista doesn't have a
calendar then I'll stick with Outlook. I suppose that will make moving
all my rules, etc. easier?

--
Scotter
-

* Scotter:

Building a new computer.
Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software?

Yes.

Or do I need to
run 64-bit versions of everything?

No.

Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
severely limit what software I can use?

Yes. No 16bit programs (and this includes 32bit programs that come with
16bit installers), no programs that only come with 32bit drivers...

Here are some of the programs I can
think of now:

[snip]

iTunes

No iTunes for 64bit Windows. The last iTunes version that runs on 64bit
Windows is 6.0.4 which is outdated and suffers from several security
holes...

Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built
into
Vista... ?

What for? Windows Mail is just a pimped Outlook Express. Why give up
Outlook for that?

Anything you all want to share about that?

Do you have any native x64 programs or more than 4GB RAM? If not then
you will be much better suited with 32bit Vista...

Benjamin

 

[Nut Cracker]

Ah! Has anyone here played with Vista Mail?
Impressions?
I'm going to go Google "reviews of Vista Mail" now to see what I can find.

im not impressed. things i could do in OE without any issue (IMAP to
Exchange 2003 servers) wouldnt work in VM. Also, usenet posts i make with VM
are not visible to my OE install on another machine.

it defaults to sync every message in every folder when you use IMAP. I
presonally dont like that, since i didnt want to sync 8GB of data. I had to
manually uncheck 400+ imap folders (exchange public folders).

Its ONLY virtue, in my opinion, is that it still does newsgroups.

 

[John Barnes]

Makes Windows Live Mail Desktop look like a good choice. Several advantages
there, including my hotmail accounts again available.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Does WLMD do newsgroups?
I no longer trust Windows Mail.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[DGuess]

yes

It's built uponOE as well.

Does WLMD do newsgroups?
I no longer trust Windows Mail.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[mikeyhsd]

what is there to trust or not trust about a news reader.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

Does WLMD do newsgroups?
I no longer trust Windows Mail.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Actually, I was mainly worried about the integrity of my
WinMail store of emails, but I wouldn't even bother to try
an alternate like WLMD if it didn't do newsgroups.

Gary VanderMolen

what is there to trust or not trust about a news reader.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com
Does WLMD do newsgroups?
I no longer trust Windows Mail.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[John Barnes]

So, exactly why don't you trust WinMail store of emails? Put them where you
want them, back them up if you want to. Same as OE.

 

[mikeyhsd]

the file structure has been dramatically changed in WM in attempt to get rid of the problems that existed with the old format.

still need to use some reasonable precautions.
like do not save mail in INBOX, but create user folders and move mail to them.
NEVER, NEVER interrupt the compacting .



(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

Actually, I was mainly worried about the integrity of my
WinMail store of emails, but I wouldn't even bother to try
an alternate like WLMD if it didn't do newsgroups.

Gary VanderMolen

what is there to trust or not trust about a news reader.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com
Does WLMD do newsgroups?
I no longer trust Windows Mail.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Nonymous]

* Scotter:

No iTunes for 64bit Windows. The last iTunes version that runs on 64bit
Windows is 6.0.4 which is outdated and suffers from several security
holes...

iTunes 7 runs fine on my Vista x64 install.

There are known compatibility problems with Vista versus iTunes7 (which I
haven't encountered), but it affects both 32bit and 64bit Vista, not just
64bit.