32 bit vs 64 bit is a factor of your computer hardware. Most, if not all, modern PCs are 64 bit. So... Win7 32 bit is today a somewhat "rare" configuration.
If you are considering a new laptop, I wan sure it will be 64 bit and whether you use Win 7 or Win8, it will not have a problem with Legacy.
Warning... tech talk which may be TMI... :-)
The issue with the GeoDB was a factor of Win7 32 bit OS because none of the developers and testers must have that configuration. Win XP is mostly a 32 bit world, but it has to do with how the Windows Registry in each hardware/OS configuration is setup. I believe that this issue may have prompted some other changes to account for this configuration.
I use Win7/64bit, but I have laptops that run Win 8 and Win XP for doing testing. Enough folks are using Win8 (really now 8.1??) with Legacy and doing well. I think that the issue is really if you have good PC support for Win 8 if you go that way now, but being closer to be ing up to date is probably the way you want to go, in my humble opinion.
john.
At 05:27 PM 12/19/2013, Dee Ziegler wrote:
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:44 PM, John B. Lisle <[email protected]> wrote:
- > It turns out that some of the folks with problems updating the GeoDB had the problem because they were using a Windows 7 32 bit OS. And that made a difference.
I'm considering a new Windows laptop (ONLY for Legacy8 and genealogy) and my techie grandson suggests Windows 7 instead of Windows 8. Does that have anything to do with 32 bit or 64 bit OS? What's the relevance to Legacy8? I haven't upgraded from v7 yet. (Reply privately if this is off-limits. I truly plan to use it ONLY for Legacy8, and my MacBook for everything else.) Thanks, non-techie Dee in Maryland
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