Geoffc Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I'm being a bit lazy, I'm sure there is a ton of nauseating info on the internets about Win7 variations, but they only seem to confuse me more. I'm not a true 'turbo-geek', but to most normal people, I'm pretty damn nerdy, and it always occurs to me that if a very mainstream tech company like MS can't package their products in a way I can understand, then who will? As I mentioned at the end of Jeff's thread, my old P4 32bit xp system finally bit the dust. I use this as my 'emailer', using my Boxx xp64 system for 'real work'. I've got quite a wish list on Newegg of parts to build a new screaming i7 system hopefully real soon. Timing could be perfect with the system dying 10 days before Win7 is released. Here's my question: I want to use this new system not only as a 'emailer' and gaming machine, but obviously harness it for PS post work and especially 4-8 more nodes of rendering in Vray. -I already own a 2nd copy of Win64 I've never used. -MS says Win7 ships with both 64 and 32 bit systems. Anyone know if you can install both with one serial? -I will probably go with the pro edition, to make sure there's no networking issues. Can't really see the benefit of ultimate. What would you guys do with this second pc I'm going to build if you were in my position? -Dual boot with Win7 32 bit and XP64 for rendering? -Just go with Win7 64 and hope the non-3d software is supported? (games, iTunes, MS office, Adobe PS) -Other ideas? thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Lol...that's funny I just commented in the other thread about MS insane version scheme...it really makes me appreciate Apple more and more, they have one OS that comes with every feature they offer...that is exactly the way its supposed to be...I only run windows as a guest OS now, and have started using Modo...there were only 2 programs I couldn't find a substitute for, one was a 3D translator and the other was a website creation program that I really like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Install both, since you can, but expect Win7/64 to work with your stuff if your stuff is Vista64 compatible. I just realized, this is going to be a problem - XP64 and Vista64 are easy to type, but 764 won't make any sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffc Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 Install both, since you can, but expect Win7/64 to work with your stuff if your stuff is Vista64 compatible. I just realized, this is going to be a problem - XP64 and Vista64 are easy to type, but 764 won't make any sense... To clarify, when you say install both, do you mean my copy of xp64 and Win7-64? Or xp64 and Win7-32? I've never used vista, and haven't done the homework on vista 64 compatibility. Let me ask you this: Does Vista 64 generally support the latest and greatest of Nvidia drivers (planning on a 295), games, itunes, and run-0f-the-mill software like PS and MS Office? If not, or if there is doubt these will be fully supported at the onset of Win7-64, perhaps I'm best off with my first option of dual booting xp64 and Win7-32 for now. Then later wiping and reinstalling Win7 in 64 bit format. Or am I overthinking this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I think you're overthinking this. Everything you mentioned works on Vista64 and as 7 and mainstream 6gb boxes increase the adoption of 64-bit the compatibility of things will only improve. I don't know why you'd bother having a 32-bit box when you want to use Vray on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffc Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 Thanks, that's the subjective answer I needed, since as I mentioned, I haven't dealt with Vista in any form yet. Then one last quick question, if Win7-64 should be compatible with mostly everything from the get go, shouldn't I just bail on the dual boot system? Or might there be compatibility issues for awhile with our 3d software such as Vray, or Max, etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Yeah, the dual-boot was sort of a "what-the-heck" thing. You'll end up settling on one and not bothering to reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffc Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 You're right, one partition will be a loss. Hey, if I ask you 7 more questions, you'll be in the 5k club on cgarchitect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Egad, I'm 4th on the list. Quick, Travis, make 1500 posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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