Visual Studio 2005와 64 bit machine

64bit OS 환경에 Visual Studio 2005를 install 하고 VS IDE 환경에서 개발이 가능할 까? 문서에 따르면 x64에서는 가능하고, IA64에서는 가능하지 않습니다. 하지만, x64 환경에서의 IDE 는 WOW64 (Windows-On-Windows64:즉, 64bit OS환경에서 32bit 환경에서 수행되는 것로 수행되도록 함.)에서 수행됩니다. 다음의 문서에서 System requirements(https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718687.aspx) 를 아래와 같이 확인하실 수 있습니다.

Visual Studio 2005 can be installed on any of the following systems:

  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional SP4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server SP4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server SP4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Datacenter Server SP4
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition (WOW)
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP2
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP2
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2002 SP2
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2004 SP2
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition SP2
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition SP1
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Enterprise Edition SP1
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Datacenter Edition SP1
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Web Edition SP1
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Standard x64 Edition SP1 (WOW)
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (WOW)
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition SP1 (WOW)
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2, Standard Edition
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition (WOW)
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition (WOW)
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition (WOW)
  • Microsoft® Windows Vista™

 Installation of Visual Studio 2005 on the Intel Itanium (IA64) is not supported.

 물론, Vista 64bit도 지원합니다.