Windows 7 Spills the Beans on Office 14's 64-bit Support
Windows 7 Spills the Beans on Office 14's 64-bit Support
Posted 03/23/2009 at 1:27pm
| by Mark Edward Soper
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Step one on the long road to retiring 32-bit computers to the PC graveyard was the development of 64-bit processors (check). Step two was the development of 64-bit operating systems (check). Step three was the development of 64-bit drivers (check). And now, it's almost time for step four: major 64-bit applications.
ZDNet's Ed Bott has done some digging around in Windows 7's MigWiz.xml file (it's used to configure the Migration Wizard in Windows 7) and discovered that the upcoming Microsoft Office 14 will be available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. In the Office 14 section of MigWiz.xml in post-beta builds of Windows 7, Bott found references to both standard and x64 programs in Office 14, as well as references to upgrade options from Office 2003 to either Office 14 or Office 14 x64 (note that the public Windows 7 beta doesn't include these settings). What does this mean to Office 14's expected release date? Bott says:
The fact that this code is being baked into Windows 7 now suggests that the rumors of an early 2010 ship date for Office 14 are accurate. Having native 64-bit support for all members of the Office family is an extra bonus and welcome news.
If you're currently using some version of Microsoft Office, does the advent of a native 64-bit version make you more likely to upgrade to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 14? Hit Comment and let us know your thoughts.
Microsoft Office logo courtesy of Amarjeet Rai's Blog.
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Thiazolium
March 24, 2009 at 8:45am
Er, yeah! I am so tired of running Office 12 in 32 bit mode in x64 because of the plugin nightmares. What I'm talking about is Endnote. Endnote (all versions btw) do NOT run properly in x64 in Office 12. Having a true 64 bit Office with true 64 bit plugins, and not to mention comfortably creating large, detailed Powerpoints without memory issues would be terrific.
quickone
March 24, 2009 at 6:19am
64 bit CPUs have been out for a while now as have 64-bit OSs, why are they even offering the new office in 32? If Vista required a fairly new computer to run and 64 was out then how many 32 bit CPUs are going to be running Win7? 32 just needs to go away.
I'm holding out for OpenOffice 64, maybe if IBM acquires sun.... and ditto on the Firefox 64, even IE has a 64 version
thebauer
March 23, 2009 at 5:27pm
For apps like office that are heavy memory users I really look forward to an x64 platform. Lets just hope when the memory business picks up again from all these 32gig memory workstations that price doesn't go up too much
Caboose
March 23, 2009 at 1:53pm
I'm really glad to see more 64bit apps appearing. I was able to find a 64bit version of TrendMicro Internet Security 2009 which made me happy. I wonder how long it'll be until Mozilla releases a 64bit version of FireFox. That'd be pretty nice.
I also think that as the big players start to release more native 64bit apps, other devs. will follow suit.
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