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Posted by Arny Krueger on 12/18/07 21:28
"Bob Ford" <imagesinmotion@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:hc0em35kuj10tmvs8ebtscdclupkqmtchs@4ax.com
> Am I correct that there is a 32 bit and a 64 bit version
> of Vista?
Yes, and there are 32 and 64 bit versions of XP.
> If so and I eventually go to a 64 bit version can it use
> 8 GB of RAM?
Yes. But you will need 64 bit device drivers. Some of those are still being
wished for.
> I don't know that much about Vista. I was told early on
> that there was no advantage unless you ugrade all your
> current programs to be able to use Vista.
The new features of Vista don't seem to have anything at all to do with
performance of the kind we cherish for video production.
> The horror stories I have recently heard is there are all
> kinds of other things besides programs that may need to
> be changed to be compatible with Vista?
Yes. For example Adobe Premiere Edition 3 needed a fairly massive update to
be reliable and functional under Vista 32, and is not recommended at all for
Vista 64.
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