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richj
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32/64-bit

I'm considering:

Satellite Pro L450-EZ1543
Intel Core 2 Duo T6670 64-bit
Windows XP PRO 32-bit comes installed
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From the L450 Spec sheets:

"Certain device drivers and/or applications may not be compatible with a 64-bit CPU and therefore may not function properly."

Will my programs such as Photoshop 7 run? What about some old utilites from Win95 days but run fine on my current Satellite A45 with WinXP? And my current printer/scanner? Would those drivers have to be updated?

thanks,

rich
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ChristopherC
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Re: 32/64-bit

I can't reply as to specific software or drivers, but on a 64 bit OS (not CPU, OS), 16-bit programs will not run.  This would include 16-bit versions of Installshield which some software companies continued to use with their 32-bit applications as a money saving ploy.  I would suspect that some of those old Win95 programs would fall into the 'won't run' category if you're using Win7 64 or Vista 64.