Windows x64 will run your 32bit software for the most part. You'd have a
tough time running just x64 apps since there are not very many.From your
list I know I only use Nero and you will have to download the latest from
their website for vista compatibility. Itunes may possibly have issues with
Vista. On the rest you will have to either load them and try or google to
find peoples experiences with them.

"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
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> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>