On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:21:59 -0000, Tony G <***@hotmail.com> wrote:
I bought Maya 8.5 about 3 months ago, it came with both 32 and 64 bit versions
only for XP Pro. Now Maya 2008 is out with Vista support.
I looked into getting a new machine with Vista, but having setup 2 new cheaper
Vista machines I decided to wait a couple of years. Vista lacks drivers, some of
your old favorite programs will NOT run. You can: right click on the .exe,
select compatibility and try setting the mode to XP. This works some of the
time.
The basic difference between a 32 and 64 bit machine is the total ram available
for Maya. With the 64 bit version you can go over 4 gig but the cost of ram is
still a bit too high. Always check out the max ram (sockets) for your machine,
not many machines are designed to take advantage of the extra ram.
For a good look at 32/64 bit Maya compatible PC's check out Dell workstations
for a mix and match personalized PC making sure that the video card you select
is compatible with Maya. Three months ago Dell workstation ONLY had XP Pro as an
OS, this may have change?
Basically (IMO) Vista still sucks, I spend too much time trying to get old XP
programs working on Vista for family and friends. You can find the drivers for
most programs but its too much work.
A lot of people have taken Vista out and installed XP but its getting hard to
find copies of XP Pro in stores. In about a year and a half, Vista should be
stable and easy to use, unfortunately most new machines are sold only with Vista
and you become a microsoft beta testor.
Good Luck...
aen
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I don't know of any other newsgroup: Maya group.
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library and Maya forums.
Post by Tony GHi All
I am currently thinking about getting the new Vista O/S and am
wondering if I should get the 32-bit or 64-bit version.
Therefore, I am interested to hear if others have the 64-bit version
of Maya. I am very interested to hear how it performs and it's
stability on a 64-bit platform...pros & cons etc...
Any feedback most welcome.
Kind thanks
Tony