When to support Windows 64?

Question

I'm currently providing 32 bit Windows music software. Some of my users are asking for 64-bit support. I plan to eventually, but porting is a big job, and I have plenty of other important feature requests too. I need to allocate my limited time wisely. How much market share do 64-bit operating systems hold?, and what's the trend.

Answer 1

No better time than now. As the need for more ram increases 64 bit windows versions will get more and more prevalent. Play around a bit with Google trends and you will see a clear uptick in people looking into it. As explained in "Dude, Where's My 4 Gigabytes of RAM?" the need for the every day user to go to a 64bit OS is just going to keep growing.

Edit in response to Jeff's comment
I understand, any team will have to balance upgrades/bug fixes by priority. That will always be a difficult balance to strike. The benefits of a 64 bit version will only continue to grow!

Good luck striking the right balance!