Team is Going from XP32 to XP64 for .NET Development - Any Gotchas?

Question

My team is getting new XP64 workstations. We\'ve been using XP32 up until now. Most of our work is done in managed C#/VS2008/.net 3.5 and SQL Server 2005. However we do have

Answer 1

I have used XP 64 bit for a few months last year. My experience was that the Microsoft development stack installed and worked without any issues, including a 64-bit version of SQL Server.

I ran into problems with the network drivers for the onboard Marvell Yukon network card of my Asus board. The 64 bit drivers had serious issues that were not immediately obvious, but became apparent after several months of intense testing. Network transfer rates on a Gigabit network were not as expected, and when two processes accessed the same network resource, Windows would crash.

My recommendation is, just like the other poster suggested, to test the hardware-software setup before you switch over the entire team. This is more likely where you will see issues.