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I'm trying to install Windows 7 64bit (as oppose to 32bit), mainly because large amount of RAM would be wasted otherwise.

I wonder if I should install Visual Studio 2008 32bit OR 64bit. I also uses Qt 4.5/4.6 for development, does it play well in 64bit environment?

Any suggestions on what will be a most recommended configuration?

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  • @lyxera: "mainly because large amount of RAM would be wasted otherwise.". I dont understand your this point.Clarify it further. – Prasoon Saurav Dec 15 '09 at 02:41
  • Is there even a 64bit VS2008? I thought VS2010 was the first version to have a 64bit version. – Ray Dec 15 '09 at 02:43
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    @Ray: VS2010 will be x86 only AFAIK. See http://news.softpedia.com/news/Don-039-t-Hold-Your-Breath-for-64-bit-Visual-Studio-113943.shtml – liggett78 Dec 15 '09 at 07:43
  • 32bit OS can utilize only 3G of RAM as I understood. So I had to install 64bit OS in order not to waste my 6G RAM. – lyxera Dec 17 '09 at 02:37

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I don't think there are any 64-bit versions of Visual Studio available. This makes answering this question easy: choose 32-bit Visual Studio.

This doesn't prevent you from actually compiling 64-bit applications if you choose (i.e. need) to do so, however. You'll need to compile Qt yourself to generate the 64-bit libraries, but other than that things should be fairly straightforward.

Now, on the other hand, if you don't need to develop 64-bit Windows applications (you probably don't), you can just use the officially provided compiled 32-bit Qt libraries for VS2008 and save yourself multiple hours building Qt. I've experienced no difficulties myself using 32-bit Qt on 64-bit Windows with Visual Studio 2008.

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richardwb
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You can build 64 bit qt library using help at this link. http://qt-project.org/wiki/How_to_build_64bit_Qt_for_windowshere

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If 64-bit applications (which may need a lot of memory resources, e.g. Compilers, IDEs and rendering programs) are available, you should always use 64-bit, in order to fully utilize your memory and optimize the performance.

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