PhotoShop CS5 with Windows 7 64 bits and/or Windows 7 32 bits

[Cherisy]

Hello

I just bought a new computer with an Intal QuadCore, 8 Gb of memory and Windows 7 - 64 bits edition    

I plan to upgrade from a former Photoshop CS3 onWindows XP and it was a 32 bits edition         

Is the Photoshop CS5 supported on BOTH Win 7 32 AND 64 bits ? Or are they different versions ?

I plan to either have a dual boot Win 7 32 Bits  -    Win 7  64 bits or separate hard disk on racks, so I'll still be able to use 32 bits softwazre that don't run on 64bits

But if PhotoShop CS5 comes in 2 versions, I need to decide which one I should buy

Thanks for any help you vcan provide

have a good day

PS : Is the problem with PhotoShop CS5 running on AMD processors solved ?

[Noel Carboni]

Windows 7 x64 is a separate build from Windows 7 32 bit.  Windows 7 Ultimate comes with BOTH.

There isn't a separate package of Photoshop CS5 for 32 bit or 64 bit.  Photoshop (since CS4) installs both 32 bit and 64 bit software on a 64 bit Windows system, or only 32 bit software on a 32 bit Windows system.

Photoshop CS5 is fine with every variant of Windows 7.

Photoshop CS5 is reportedly fine with modern AMD processors, though I have only used Intel.

The detailed system requirements are here:  http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/systemreqs/

My own (personal, subjective) opinion is that ATI (AMD) video interfaces are better than nVidia.

Hope this answers your questions.

-Noel

[Noel Carboni]

P.S., There's virtually no 32 bit software that won't run on a Windows 7 x64 system.  32 bit software is fully supported via the WOW64 system in Windows.  And at this point virtually all modern hardware is supported by the 64 bit OS.

Anyone building a future-oriented system should seriously consider Windows 7 x64.

Ancient 16 bit software cannot be run in Windows x64 except via virtualization.  At this point it's unlikely there are 16 bit applications one cannot do without.

IMO a dual-boot Windows system is more trouble than benefit.

-Noel

[Nohjekim]

HI

I'm still using Photoshop CS2 on my new Windows 7 64 bit computer.

I'm not having any problems at all.  Non 64 bit software gets installed in a Program Files x86 folder and runs fine.

The only software that I have found would not run on my new computer was InDesign CS2.

I had to upgrade to InDesign CS4 to be able to run it.  It just isn't compatible with 64 bit, it ran fine in Windows 7 32 bit on my old computer.

Everything else runs fine, Illustrator CS3, Premiere Elements 3, even my old Tomb Raider games.

I have to say that I found Windows 7 64 to be a lot less trouble then I was expecting.

I anticipated have issues with drivers etc, but have had virtually none other then my Epson scanner.

I have that resolved too, now, so I'm good to go.

Mike