I really like 64bit Win-7. With 8gigs of ram I comfortably run XP-Pro in a VMware VM for those instances where I need a 32 bit OS. It's been about a year and I've not had anything lock up. If something didn't work it either crashed (but didn't take Win-7 with it) or didn't perform (below).
In the end, however, I discovered code-locking RBW 6.5+ required an XP box. Same for compiling VB (if I remember correctly, but could have had other causes). Ben On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Remember I posted a week ago about laptop specs. > I saw a posting of someone selling a Toshiba Satellite > Pro that has the power you all recommended, BUT it > has a 64-bit operating system. Knowing that most of > what I do is RBase, everything from DOS 2.11 to > current, will I have problems with 64 bit? Is 32 bit a > safer bet? Anyone found programs that don't work in > 32-bit, or can you "downgrade" to 32 from 64 if you > have to? She's selling an $850 laptop new for $450. > > Thanks a bunch! > > Karen
