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Originally Posted by JSWolf
So if you don't get support, why bother then? You'll only end up with software you want/need to run that you cannot run.
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Different people have different needs. If you want to be able to use more than 4GB of memory, or to run 64-bit applications (there are some), then you'd have to run the x64 version. And it's not a foregone conclusion that you'll have programs that don't run on it - it depends on what you are doing with your computer. I use Windows XP x64 at work, and for work-type stuff I've never run into any programs that wouldn't run. And for home, the Sony Connect software is the only thing I'd like to run that I know won't.
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The x64 Windows needs to support 32-bit drivers as well as 64-bit drivers in order to be more compatible with the real world.
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For technical reasons, that's not really possible.
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Yes Sony did not include a 64-bit driver, bit if the x64 Windows supported 32-bit drivers, no problems would have arisen.
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But since that isn't an option, the only solution is for Sony to supply a 64-bit driver.
I fully understand that if you want broad compatibility and don't need any 64-bit features, the 32-bit OS is the way to go. But the point I'm trying to make is that at least in this case (and in fact most others), the incompatibility isn't due to some deficiency in the 64-bit OS. By its nature, it requires that certain things be 64-bit specific, that's just the way it is. It's not that the 64-bit OS isn't "ready" to run the Connect software; it's that the Connect software isn't ready for the 64-bit OS.