W10 32 bit & alternative 32 bit Office programs, NO RIBBON MENUS

[klxdrt]

Hi,

I'm trying to keep this as simple as possible, so succinct answers will be fine.

Planning to go to W 10 32 bit. Using W7 Pro 32 for yrs with no problems on a MSI gaming laptop.
Getting a new gaming laptop either an ASUS or a MSI.

Along with W 10 32bit I'm looking for an Office Suite that allows 1 or 2 things.

1] Set up my own ribbon with ONLY the functions I NEED & USE.

2] Has BUTTON MENU like Office 2003, 2007 where I can set up with MY OWN MENU FUNCTIONS/BUTTONS.

Regards,
klxdrt

 

[daveybrat]

So on this new laptop, you want to gimp the amount of ram to less than 4GB usable with a 32-Bit OS??

Can i ask why you wouldn't just leave it with the 64-Bit? You probably won't find drivers for these new laptops for Windows 10 32-Bit either as most have discontinued support for it.

 

[lxskllr]

Libreoffice

 

[Amol S.]

So on this new laptop, you want to gimp the amount of ram to less than 4GB usable with a 32-Bit OS??

Can i ask why you wouldn't just leave it with the 64-Bit? You probably won't find drivers for these new laptops for Windows 10 32-Bit either as most have discontinued support for it.

The OP might have the need to use 16-bit programs. That is the only reason why I can think of anyone to stick with a 32-bit Operating System and CPU.

 

[klxdrt]

So on this new laptop, you want to gimp the amount of ram to less than 4GB usable with a 32-Bit OS??

Can i ask why you wouldn't just leave it with the 64-Bit? You probably won't find drivers for these new laptops for Windows 10 32-Bit either as most have discontinued support for it.

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Hi, Davy Brat, I'd be glad to tell you, see below.

I would go Win/64 bit, but I don't have time, money to spend learning, paying for new software before my birth certificate expires.

I'm open to any suggestions & have done a lot of research as I live in Toms River, NJ, which is in Room 101 in the basement of the Black Hole of Calcutta.

Maybe you can tell me if I can run Fireworks 2, Alpha 4, My Contact MGR, Office 2003. My current PC's have 256 GB SS drives & manage upwards of 8 TB data.

Regards,
klxdrt

 

[Amol S.]

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Hi, Davy Brat, I'd be glad to tell you, see below.

I would go Win/64 bit, but I don't have time, money to spend learning, paying for new software before my birth certificate expires.

I'm open to any suggestions & have done a lot of research as I live in Toms River, NJ, which is in Room 101 in the basement of the Black Hole of Calcutta.

Maybe you can tell me if I can run Fireworks 2, Alpha 4, My Contact MGR, Office 2003. My current PC's have 256 GB SS drives & manage upwards of 8 TB data.

Regards,
klxdrt

Step 1. Get a 64-bit Ubuntu or Windows.
Step 2. Install VirtualBox or VMware.
Step 3. Create a a 32-bit Windows virtual machine.
Step 4. Install Windows 10 32-bit on that VM.

There You go.

 

[mxnerd]

1. The only reason to stick with 32bit OS is that you only have 4GB RAM and you will never upgrade, since a 32bit to 64bit OS upgrade requires reinstallation.

2. LibreOffice probably can satisfy what you need.

 

[klxdrt]

Step 1. Get a 64-bit Ubuntu or Windows.
Step 2. Install VirtualBox or VMware.
Step 3. Create a a 32-bit Windows virtual machine.
Step 4. Install Windows 10 32-bit on that VM.

There You go.

I'm going to have to do some research on these suggestions. I'm not a tech & just moved 5 states away. Now I'm in NJ as stated before & the tech people are sparse & are expensive $100+ hr. I'm not going to let some guy I don't know get into my PC.

Sorry to bother you guys. My expertise is in business above the code & hdwe creating dots to get to a solution. I'll use these skills to chk out your 4 suggestions.

Thanks,

klxdrt

 

[VirtualLarry]

I don't think that it has been explicitly mentioned, but perhaps it should.

64-bit versions of Windows, since Vista, run Win32 (32-bit Windows API) applications just fine.

The only real restriction, is, you can't run 16-bit applications on Win64, and some 32-bit Win32 applications, used 16-bit installers, which can be a pain. (Have to install to a true 32-bit Windows OS, then copy over to the 64-bit system.)

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Planning to go to W 10 32 bit. Using W7 Pro 32 for yrs with no problems on a MSI gaming laptop.

As others have already pointed out, unless you have the highly specific need to run 16bit software, go with x64 Windows. Even then it'd likely run better in a VM, or under WINE in Linux. x64 will run 32bit/x86 software just fine.

x64 isn't just about memory, but also security. Things like ASRL doesn't work in 32bit mode.

Anything new you buy will without a doubt come with a preloaded x64 version of Windows 10. You may even be unable to get 32bit drivers for a new laptop anyway.

Libreoffice

'nuff said.