So last night I decided to take the plunge into Windows X64 (64–bit Windows XP with an Athlon64 processor). In case you didn’t read Eric Wise’ blog about 1.5 months ago, Windows X64 (ok, I know that’s not the official name) includes a compatibility layer, so it can run both 64 bit and 32 bit apps. When I installed VS 2005 I found that it installed a 32–bit AND a 64–bit version of the framework.
It’s fast (although I don’t know if it’s a lot faster). and without any updates all my apps are running fine (including the Vault client). I’m almost afraid to install security updates for fear of breaking something…
[I know it’s a short post, but I had to brag…]