Posted by: M$Hacks September 1, 2008
64 bit machine
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any reason why you are going for 64bit machine when you need to install (~all)32bit applications?
I have successfully installed 32bit Linux on 64bit machine and it works great. Not sure if you can install 32bit M$ OS on your 64bit box, but am optimistic.
Did you try installing those 32bit apps on 64bit OS? I hope M$ has 32bit shared libraries built on 64bit OS to support 32 bit apps. Give it a try!!

Likewise you can think of virtualization as a last resort.
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