What version of Windows Vista do you use?

Mike Mattera - TFM · November 14, 2008

I'm looking to buy a new PC and was trying to figure out the mess that is Windows Vista. So...

Which version of Vista do you use?

and...

Will I see a performance boost in Mastercam by going to 64 bit?

Your valued opinions are appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike Mattera

gcode · November 14, 2008

XP Pro at work ....

XP Pro x64 at home..

My Vericut rep told me to stay far far away from Vista.. Mastercam seems to be working OK on Vista now though..

You can still by XP machines from Dell Samll Business Division

November 14, 2008

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Will I see a performance boost in Mastercam by going to 64 bit?

No, you will not notice any major gains. If you multi-task on the system however having a 64bit system with plenty of RAM will keep things running smoothly.

I do not expect to see a 32 bit flavor of the next release of windows as all hardware has gone 64 bit, that is the way software is starting to move.

Check my sig for the OS.

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My Vericut rep told me to stay far far away from Vista..

Check your REP cuz I don't know that he really knows what he's talking about. It has been released and is running on Vista

Todd Tracey from Fastech · November 15, 2008

Hi Mike, I like the 64 bit on the machine next to me. It sees the 8 Gigs of installed RAM. I also have Vista 32 and XP installed on additional drives in the same box so I can switch. At this point, I'd go with the Vista 64. JMHO

JAMMAN · November 15, 2008

Vista, HA I'm still using win2kpro sp4.

I boycotted XP and only started using it last year at home.

Back to my corner-

Mike Mattera - TFM · November 15, 2008

Thanks for the feedback guys. But Which Vista, Business or Ultimate?

Ultimate looks like it has a ton of crap in it. It burns DVD's and has video editing. I already have software for all of that.

Mike Mattera

Jayson Kramer · November 15, 2008

Mike with several of the IT's I have talked to they all suggest business is the one unless doing like a entertainment box for home. I am going to move to Ultimate from Home Ultimate just so I can log into my home domain.

Mike Mattera - TFM · November 15, 2008

Jay, Are you running Vista 64bit?

There's a Home Ultimate?

I think this is another reason why people are staying away from Vista. People cant figure out all of the different flavors. No one knows what to buy.

Did you know there was a Vista Home Server? I need to upgrade my server and that flavor came up in one of my searches.

Thanks for the input,

Mike Mattera

Todd Tracey from Fastech · November 16, 2008

From what I understand, you have to run Ultimate or Business to connect to a Domain. We still run a workgroup in the office for now so it doesn't matter at work. That is going to change soon so our OS needs are going to change with that. I just installed multiple seats on a NetHASP at a school running Business w/o any hassels.

crazy^millman · November 16, 2008

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From what I understand, you have to run Ultimate or Business to connect to a Domain.

This is correct.

Jayson Kramer · November 16, 2008

Mike the Vista I have is 32 bit Home premium SP1 that now sees when you have 4gigs of Ram.

The collage I teach at is going to vista and they were asking me if we should go 64 bit or 32 bit. they were thinking 64 bit because they are putting 4 gigs a ram were the first release of 32 bit did not see a full 4. After Sp1 release it now sees the full 4.

Watcher · November 17, 2008

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Check your REP cuz I don't know that he really knows what he's talking about. It has been released and is running on Vista

Released and running does not mean running well John... Please keep in mind that this is your end...

For the time being, for most of CAD/CAM softwares the Vista stamp has more to do with marketing than anything else... I their shoes I´d never state that my software is not compliant with the latest Microsoft OS...

JM2C

gcode · November 17, 2008

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Check your REP cuz I don't know that he really knows what he's talking about. It has been released and is running on Vista

Yes.. Vericut seems to run OK on Vista... but the licensing is still sketchy... and it doesn't matter how good Vericut runs on Vista if it can't read the license.. no license... no workie..

thus my reps suggestion that I stay far far away

Storkman · November 17, 2008

I use Ultimate at work and home Mike. No problems as of yet.

bogusmill · November 17, 2008

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Mike the Vista I have is 32 bit Home premium SP1 that now sees when you have 4gigs of Ram.

Vista has always seen all 4 Gigs. It has to allocate the same RAM amount with the memory of the video card. If your video card has 512 RAM and your system has 4GB RAM then you should have 3.5GB available for system use. This is why the Quadro FX5800 card that has 4GB video RAM is 64 bit only. It would devour all RAM in a 32 bit system.

Matthew Hajicek - Singularity · November 17, 2008

I put Vista Ultimate 64 on my new box. One gripe is that Vista won't do "span" for multiple displays, so I'm stuck with "dual-view". Maybe they'll fix it eventually?

Mike Mattera - TFM · November 17, 2008

Vista wont span 2 displays?

That doesn't sound right. Are you sure? Can anyone else confirm that? I have to have 2 displays. That would be a deal killer.