Charlie
Sun Oct 22 14:53:27 CDT 2006
Yeah, it just seems like a really good idea for people who clearly are
running their business on a machine to exercise due care and caution. I run
Vista full time every day now. But it still has issues and it isn't for
everyone.
--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:eAnCygf9GHA.4408@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for adding the warning, Charlie. I have been a little sloppy
> adding that since post beta2 releases haven't been reported as affecting
> other installed operating systems, like beta2 did, but that is no reason
> for me to ignore the warning.
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
> news:54351A48-C046-4561-AC5B-80BAD3DC7243@microsoft.com...
>> I'm with John on this one. For some folks, it's fairly painless. For
>> others, not. It all depends on drivers and your particular hardware. But
>> one thing to be clear on - Vista is still very much a BETA product. If
>> this is your business, and your primary PC, I recommend waiting until
>> Vista is released before moving to it. We're close, but there are issues
>> and your ability to get support from either MS or a third party vendor is
>> extremely limited.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>>
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>
>>
>> "Devonshire" <Devonshire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BBE86DCA-8423-4207-98BC-988399532C0C@microsoft.com...
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> The next question is if Vista64 BETA is useable now without a lot of
>>> headaches and time sucking challenges....
>>>
>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Even though Photoshop is only a 32-bit application, it _is_ compiled to
>>>> be
>>>> aware of memory beyond 2GB. Therefore, you would definitely have some
>>>> benefit from running in Windows x64 Edition. The WOW64 subsystem (which
>>>> is
>>>> where 32-bit applications run) would enable Photoshop to see a full 4GB
>>>> of
>>>> virtual memory addresses, and you'd more effectively utilize your RAM.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charlie.
>>>>
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Devonshire" <Devonshire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:76BB7AB3-B0DE-44F0-9BBD-93E34EED6C24@microsoft.com...
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > I have a fairly new Alienware dual processor Xeon workstation with 4
>>>> > Gb of
>>>> > RAM. I bought it with XP pro 32 bit due to concerns about current
>>>> > apps
>>>> > running well on a 64-bit system, possible driver issues and all the
>>>> > anti-spyware, antivirus utilities, etc. that might have problems.
>>>> >
>>>> > I contacted Alienware yesterday and they said that my system would
>>>> > work
>>>> > quite well with 64 bit Windows.
>>>> >
>>>> > Here's the strategy question: Am I better off to upgrade to the
>>>> > 64-bit
>>>> > version of Windows XP now? Or would it be better to wait for Vista
>>>> > in the
>>>> > first of the year?
>>>> >
>>>> > My sense is that software developers will focus on Vista more than
>>>> > any
>>>> > current version of XP. I've just started researching all this and
>>>> > can't
>>>> > find much information on Vista "under the hood". It is the basic
>>>> > version
>>>> > of
>>>> > Vista still a 32-bit system? I presume there logically would be a
>>>> > 64-bit
>>>> > version of Vista available?
>>>> >
>>>> > My biggest challenge is running Photoshop effectively within 32-bit
>>>> > XP Pro
>>>> > SP-2. Photoshop can never seem to get enough memory. Currently I am
>>>> > using
>>>> > the 3 GB switch, Photoshop's memory settings set to 100%, a 4096 MB
>>>> > page
>>>> > file
>>>> > and a dedicated scratch disk for Photoshop, and it is still slower
>>>> > than it
>>>> > should be. It gets very, very slow afterabout 12 steps in Photoshop
>>>> > until
>>>> > the available RAM is down to less than 400 MB... (I'm running
>>>> > MeMTurbo 3
>>>> > and
>>>> > can watch the available memory drop after every step. I have it set
>>>> > to
>>>> > run
>>>> > the RAM scrub to recover unused RAM below 400 MB of remaining RAM).
>>>> >
>>>> > Thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.
>>>>
>>
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