Hi, I'm new here. I haven't even really used Corel DRAW yet.
We just ordered a laser engraver. Now the next step for me is to order a dedicated PC and Corel DRAW, which seems to be quite a standard software to design and format engravings. I'm actually training on the trial version these days.
My question is : should we get the 32-bits or 64-bits version of Windows 7 ? Is there any reason we should choose one over the other to optimize the use of Corel X5?
I believe most laser engraver drivers still run on 32-bits, so I'm leaning in that direction. I'd appreciate if someone more up to date could tell me the status of X5 in this respect.
Thanks!
Mickey McFly said:My question is : should we get the 32-bits or 64-bits version of Windows 7
You need to be very specific about asking this question to the suport team of the Laser Device you will be using as laser engraving is driver specific. The 32 or 64 bit answer will be driven by the availablilty of the device driver.
David Milisock said:You need to be very specific about asking this question to the suport team of the Laser Device you will be using as laser engraving is driver specific. The 32 or 64 bit answer will be driven by the availablilty of the device driver.
in some cases, the O/S may be an issue also...
For example, if someone buys a commercial output device that only works under Win XP. Esp. one that is used.
Sometimes people focus on the 850.00 computer when the more important issue is the 10... 20... 30... thousand dollar output device that has no output driver for 64 bit anything... or Win 7 32.... or even Vista 32.