Can I run Visual Studio 2008 x86 on Windows Vista x64?

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Hi,

Is it possible to run the 32-bit version of Visual Studio 2008 Professional on a Windows Vista 64-bit system?

Are there any known caveats that I would need to be aware of?
Would have to install the x64 version of the .NET Framework?
Would there be any issues on building software targeted for x86?
Would there be any (justifiable) arguments for getting the x64 version of VS2008 instead of reusing the current x86 license?

Quite tempted on getting a x64 Vista rig to be able to take advantage of more RAM :)

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