Word 32 bit or 64 bit.

[Lee Waun]

I finally bought office 2010 Home and Student version and installed it on
my home computers which both run windows 7 64 bit.

However when I installed it it by default installs the 32bit version.
However I bought as I wanted the 64 bit version. Anyways I checked help and
found out how to install the 64bit versions.

My question is is the 64 bit version going to be a better program to run and
is it worth it to uninstall the 32 bit versions and reinstall the 64 bit
versions.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

I finally bought office 2010 Home and Student version and installed it
on my home computers which both run windows 7 64 bit.

However when I installed it it by default installs the 32bit version.
However I bought as I wanted the 64 bit version. Anyways I checked help
and found out how to install the 64bit versions.

My question is is the 64 bit version going to be a better program to run
and is it worth it to uninstall the 32 bit versions and reinstall the 64
bit versions.

I doubt you'll notice any difference, but since you got a 64-bit OS, you
might as well run the 64-bit apps too.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Seth]

I doubt you'll notice any difference, but since you got a 64-bit OS, you
might as well run the 64-bit apps too.

Actually in the case of Office the advice still is to stick with the 32b
version, especially for business users. Anyone who has macros and ActiveX
add-ons for office NEEDS to stick with 32b until all that extra stuff is
ported to 64b.

At my company of 140,000 users we are 64b Win7 but with 32b Office 2010.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Actually in the case of Office the advice still is to stick with the 32b
version, especially for business users. Anyone who has macros and
ActiveX add-ons for office NEEDS to stick with 32b until all that extra
stuff is ported to 64b.

At my company of 140,000 users we are 64b Win7 but with 32b Office 2010.

Sounds like a good idea.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Stan Brown]

I finally bought office 2010 Home and Student version and installed it on
my home computers which both run windows 7 64 bit.

However when I installed it it by default installs the 32bit version.
However I bought as I wanted the 64 bit version. Anyways I checked help and
found out how to install the 64bit versions.

My question is is the 64 bit version going to be a better program to run and
is it worth it to uninstall the 32 bit versions and reinstall the 64 bit
versions.

Unless you're editing really, really massive documents, I can't see
any benefit to the 64-bit version.

 

[Lee Waun]

Unless you're editing really, really massive documents, I can't see
any benefit to the 64-bit version.

Oh well I might as well then just leave it as it is then.

 

[Ken Blake]

I finally bought office 2010 Home and Student version and installed it on
my home computers which both run windows 7 64 bit.

However when I installed it it by default installs the 32bit version.
However I bought as I wanted the 64 bit version. Anyways I checked help and
found out how to install the 64bit versions.

My question is is the 64 bit version going to be a better program to run and
is it worth it to uninstall the 32 bit versions and reinstall the 64 bit
versions.

The difference in performance will be very small, if you even notice
it at all.

 

[mick]

Oh well I might as well then just leave it as it is then.

The recent Service Pack 1 for Office upset the wizards in Access for
the 64bit version. I do not know if it caused any problems with the
64bit version of Word. IMO I would stick with 32bit.

 

[Peter Foldes]

I finally bought office 2010 Home and Student version and installed it on my home
computers which both run windows 7 64 bit.

There is no performance difference at all between the 32 and the 64 bit of Office
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[Roy Smith]

There is no performance difference at all between the 32 and the 64 bit
of Office

I wouldn't think so either. The only benefit that I could think of
would be the ability to handle really large documents.


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Saturday, July 16, 2011 6:32:23 PM

 

[havant1]

Isn't Office 32 bit? If so it figures that both "versions" would have
the same performance.

 

[mick]

Isn't Office 32 bit? If so it figures that both "versions" would have

the same performance.

there are 32bit AND 64bit versions of Office

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Unless you're editing really, really massive documents, I can't see
any benefit to the 64-bit version.

Certain Excel spreadsheets or Access databases might benefit from it.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Ken Blake]

Certain Excel spreadsheets or Access databases might benefit from it.

Although I don't know of any such spreadsheets or databases, I suspect
that you're right. But I still doubt that the difference is
substantial.

 

[Ken Blake]

Isn't Office 32 bit? If so it figures that both "versions" would have
the same performance.

Microsoft Office comes in *both* 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

 

[Kirk Bubul]

I wouldn't think so either. The only benefit that I could think of
would be the ability to handle really large documents.

Office guru Woody Leonhard says that it isn't worth the trouble unless
you have a spreadsheet that's >2GB:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/desktop-productivity/word-the-wise-avoid-64-bit-office-2010-306

 

[Lee Waun]

Isn't Office 32 bit? If so it figures that both "versions" would have
the same performance.

The new office has both 64 and 32 bit versions available now.

 

[Stan Brown]

there are 32bit AND 64bit versions of Office

Office 2010 has 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Office 2007 and below
are 32-bit only.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Although I don't know of any such spreadsheets or databases, I suspect
that you're right. But I still doubt that the difference is
substantial.

Mainly for the additional memory available to them, not necessarily due
to the larger register sizes.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Roy Smith]

Office guru Woody Leonhard says that it isn't worth the trouble unless
you have a spreadsheet that's >2GB:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/desktop-productivity/word-the-wise-avoid-64-bit-office-2010-306

That's what I was thinking. I'm by no means a real expert, but I was
thinking that if a 32-bit OS could only address 4 GB of memory, then a
32-bit program would have similar limitations.


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Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Thunderbird 3.1.11
Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:55:23 PM