• Adobe After Effects

  Which System

  Posted by Deleted User on October 24, 2007 at 11:18 am

  I know that this has been ASKED 10000000 times.. But it never really helps until you are in the steps to buy one.

  I have about 3200 bucks to buy a LAPTOP. Please dont ask about WHY. I travel from Europe to USA alot and it just helps me.

  Anyways.

  The XPS M1730 just came out but a little out of my price range..

  I need processor speed. Im not sure about Vista or XP. Ill be running mostly Adobe CS3 production.

  Is Vista Ultimate Worth it

  I would go MAC BUT i have to much software on PC to convert it over..

  Please let me know your PROFESSIONAL OPINION. THanks

  Steve Roberts replied 18 years, 7 months ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
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  Darby Edelen

  October 24, 2007 at 3:17 pm

  [ae4life] “I would go MAC BUT i have to much software on PC to convert it over..”

  If you own a copy of Windows you can use Boot Camp (shipping in OS 10.5 which is scheduled to be released in 2 days) to boot into Windows…

  Alternatively you could purchase Parallels, allowing you to run Windows in a screen within Mac OS X for only $79.99 (although driver support is better with Boot Camp).

  Darby Edelen
  DVD Menu Artist
  Left Coast Digital
  Aptos, CA
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  Julian Sixx

  October 24, 2007 at 4:57 pm

  hi

  [Darby Edelen] “If you own a copy of Windows you can use Boot Camp (shipping in OS 10.5 which is scheduled to be released in 2 days) to boot into Windows…”

  will i run into problems with Windows xp(32) when i have more than 4GB ram on a mac pro?

  Thx
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  Darby Edelen

  October 24, 2007 at 5:02 pm

  No. At least, you shouldn’t. When booting into Windows through Boot Camp, you are literally booting into Windows… Mac OS X isn’t running anywhere on your computer, Windows should handle the 4GB of RAM in the same way it would handle 4GB of RAM in a PC box.

  Darby Edelen
  DVD Menu Artist
  Left Coast Digital
  Aptos, CA
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  Julian Sixx

  October 25, 2007 at 3:26 am

  Hi

  Darby,and when i have 8 or more GB ram installed,still no issues with Win 32?
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  Darby Edelen

  October 25, 2007 at 4:40 am

  Windows should handle the 8GB of RAM in the same way it would handle 8GB of RAM in a PC box.

  Darby Edelen
  DVD Menu Artist
  Left Coast Digital
  Aptos, CA
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  Brendan Coots

  October 25, 2007 at 9:03 am

  All 32bit versions of Windows recognize a maximum of 4GB RAM. Only 3GB of that will be available to apps, And EVEN THEN, only if you enable the 3GB RAM switch in your boot.ini file. Without that, apps in 32-bit Windows only get 2GB to play with.

  64-bit Windows supports up to 128GB RAM. Same rule applies, however, in that very few applications can even use more than a few GB RAM. AE only uses anything above a few gigs for rendering purposes, and only with multicore processing enabled.

  I would go with a macbook pro and run Parallels as has been suggested. Better specs/quality for the price, and while you have a lot of existing PC software you could later dabble in the Mac side (Final Cut etc.) should you desire. It’s really two machines for the price of one.
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  Deleted User

  October 25, 2007 at 11:55 am

  what about the new XPS M1730. It has great results and has the extreme intel duo core 2 processor. And I love the Dell Warranty
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  Steve Roberts

  October 25, 2007 at 1:10 pm

  If you do get a Dell, do it through your business. Business support is much better than Home support.

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