On Sep 19, 5:42 am, aen <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:21:59 -0000, Tony G <t....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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 sup****t.
> 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
>
> =================
> I don't know of any other newsgroup: Maya group.
>
> http://www.highend3d.com/is
a popular Maya Website with a good Mel
scripting
> library and Maya forums.
>
>
>
> >Hi 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- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thanks for the feedback Aen... it was interesting and appreaciated.
God bless
Tony
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