On 30/07/10 11:24, Mark Rogers wrote:
We need some Win7 machines as well, but experience has taught me that 32-bit is still the best option for those if you want any hope of installing something slightly "odd"
Windows 7 64bit isn't too bad. Pretty much any driver written for Windows 7 should have a 64bit version available.
That said, if you get some hardware that is unsupported in Win7 then you can try and force on Vista drivers and sometimes get away with it. Vista drivers for 64bit were less common.
Also the problem is with 32bit win7 that you just really don't have enough address space for memory. I bought a laptop recently that came with OEM Win7 32bit and of the installed 4GB only 2.8 was usable.
Fortunately I have a 64bit licence to apply and I rarely use the factory OS installation anyway so it isn't a huge issue.
I'd say, consider 64 bit here as well but check compatibility with existing hardware and software first and expect a little bit of head scratching if you have an AD Domain that pushes out print drivers from a 32bit print server.