I have a copy of Office Professional Plus 2013 (not the preview, the real thing) – it comes in 32 and 64 bit varieties. Which one should I install? What are the pluses and minuses?
Currently I have Office 2010 (looks like a 32-bit version as evidenced by WinWord.exe *32
entry in Task Manager) on a Windows 7 x64, 8GB RAM, Dual Core machine. And it works fine.
What should I install?
Best Answer
Obviously the 64 bit if you want to make full use of the hardware capability of your system, but here are a few points to consider:
This guy argues for 32 bit Office since the vast majority of users won't gain anything from 64 bit:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/240684/microsoft_office_32_or_64_bit_.html
The same things should apply for Office 2013 too.