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Originally Posted by quantum-x
Curious, I've been running win7 64 since the 7000 beta, and not had any issues w/ compatibility - even the odd old DOS program. If anything, you set the compatibility/run options and it's fine.
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It depends on the apps, but there are some out there that even with compatibility settings can flake out. I've had to rewrite some of mine to force compilation to x86 (default is "any CPU" on the compilers) because they spawn other apps that are 32-bit - mostly DOS command-line applications run in a separate thread. (This may also be a problem of the .NET architecture.)
Once compiled to run only in 32-bit these programs are then fine, but on these I have the benefit of updating them. For others that's not possible. My brother's had problems with MS Office 2007 on his Win7/64, and I've run into glitches with the automation aspect of some Corel software.
To the OP: if your machine is more-or-less dedicated to rendering then I'd say don't bother with dual boot. Will save you some $$, if anything. You'll have your other machine for daily work. So I'd get them to replace your 32-bit Win7 for the 64-bit version.