Archicad 17 for 32 bit systems

[Anonymous]

Hi all

im trying to install AC17 on my laptop which runs on WIN8 32bit
I know that officially it supports only 64bit systems but is there a workaround that?
do Graphisoft really don't intend on handing a solution for that?
what about all the AC16 users who want to upgrade but don't want to start from scratch with their OS?

best regards

[Eduardo Rolon]

There's no work around.

If I remember correctly when AC16 came out GS informed that it was going to be the last one compatible with 32bit processors.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Yes, as Eduardo says, the discontinuation of support for 32-bit systems was announced a year ago to give people plenty of time to upgrade their OS or system, or to make sure that they did not purchase a new 32 bit system.

This only affects Windows users, as Mac OS X is 64 bit.

http://www.archicadwiki.com/Discontinued32BitSupport

I sympathize that you apparently purchased or upgraded to Windows 8 32 bit after Graphisoft had made this announcement, which was designed to help make sure that people only purchased 64 bit OS in preparation for the release of 17. Worse, I sympathize for the hassle of upgrading to a 64 bit version of Windows after just reading that Microsoft's only upgrade path from a 32 bit OS to 64 bit OS requires a complete reinstallation of all software (and presumably all license activations - so if you do this be sure to de-activate all software first!).

[vistasp]

I'm not a programmer but I suspect that having only 64-bit code helps GS to streamline the software.

O.T. Does anyone remember 8-bit DOS?

[Anonymous]

vistasp wrote:
I'm not a programmer but I suspect that having only 64-bit code helps GS to streamline the software.

O.T. Does anyone remember 8-bit DOS?

Only run as an app within Windows NT. No, wait, that was 16 bit DOS (NT was 32 bit only and my Pentium Pro didn't like 16)