I have it on my Acer because it came with it, but I don't really need it to
be honest with you. Office 2007 works just fine on it, I don't have certain
apps like CS3 since they are not really Vista x64 ready.
--
Andre
Blog:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uPrnH10SIHA.1924@xxxxxx
Quote:
> "David F" <dfumento@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:56272057-D592-493D-8617-7F46A20BF09A@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Mike,
>> Thanks for the quick reply, but since Microsoft is selling 64 bit as a
>> product they ought to fully support it to the same level as Vista 32
>> especially with their premier office product line, Office.
>>
>> I need the 64 bit b/c of extra memory space provided, other do too.
>> Moreover, Vista 64 is a far more secure OS than 32.
>>
>> Happy New Year.
>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:ekxj2h0SIHA.1164@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> "David F" <dfumento@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:714F1E4B-E841-4846-A993-F5CFF7DE4458@xxxxxx
>>>> OneNote is a marvelous tool and one great feature is to be able to from
>>>> Word or Powerpoint or Excel "print to OneNote", that is, to send the
>>>> document over to OneNote.
>>>> While this works on Vista 32, it does not work on Vista 64 because
>>>> Microsoft didn't write a driver for it. A Microsoft software engineer
>>>> that works with OneNote wrote a response to my query that basically
>>>> says not to expect a driver until the next major version of Office
>>>>
>>>>>> One expects that MS Office would work the same on 64-bit as on
>>>>>> 32-bit. Some
>>>>>> of us need to use the 64-bit for other reasons (e.g. some development
>>>>>> work).
>>>>>> Could MSFT please comment as to when the following will be available?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/su...8651033.aspx#9
>>>>
>>>>>> 4) Send to OneNote 2007 print driver and Internet Fax not available
>>>>>> on 64 bit OS. >Groove Folder Synchronization not available on 64 bit
>>>>>> operating system. Office Clean-up >> wizard not available on 64 bit
>>>>>> OS.
>>>>
>>>> A Microsoft software engineer that works on OneNote wrote this reply to
>>>> my query in the onenote newsgroup.
>>>>
>>>>> Full 64bit support is expected in the next major version of Office. I
>>>>> am
>>>>> not currently aware of any plans to implement the 64bit print driver
>>>>> for
>>>>> OneNote 2007.
>>>>
>>>>> Ilya
>>>>
>>>> I think it really stinks that Microsoft isn't fully supporting it's own
>>>> Vista 64 OS.
>>>
>>>
>>> It is as much a case of some wanting to go to 64bit Vista just for the
>>> sake of it.
>>>
>>> 64bit is not ready for general use yet and unless there is a specific
>>> need to have a 64bit, it is still best to stay with 32bit Vista..
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Hall - MVP
>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >> >
>
> For the most part, Office does run on 64bit although there may be one or
> two functions within Office which are not supported, as you have found. It
> will be a while before 64bit becomes mainstream even though major hardware
> seems to be these days. I have a 64bit DVD, but will not use it. For now,
> I will go with better compatibility, but then again, I don't have a 64bit
> mission specific application that I need to run.
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>
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