adobe after effects cs3

[Simon Stutts]

I may be betraying my ignorance…but…

How the heck are you running Windows XP on a PowerPC chip? (And where did you get a PC that has such a mac-centric chipset?)

Am I missing something?

[Kevin Camp]

yeah, i think there are some problems with the specs of your machine… the only way to get windows on a powerpc is with an x86 emulator like virtual pc (unless microsoft was working on a top secret ppc version of windows for the military)… but, i can’t imagine anyone trying to run a pc version of ae on a mac using virtual pc…

also, if you do buy a used cs3 on ebay, make sure you get them to transfer the license. this will guarantee that a valid registered version is not running on other systems and reduce your headaches when you install and register your version… read more about it here:

https://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15281

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Gene Hoffman]

IBM made a laptop in the mid 90’s. The PowerSeries 820 and 850 Features included: PowerPC603e 100MHz microprocessor; Graphics capability; Mobile memory up to 48MB for the 820 and up to 96MB for the 850; CD-ROM, stereo speakers, and microphone; Optional video camera (for the 850 only).

Choice of operating systems:
AIX Version 4.1.4 for Clients; Windows NT Workstation 3.51 (PowerPC Edition);Solaris Desktop 2.5.1 (PowerPC Edition).

Even 5.5 needed 128mb of ram, so if he has one of these I would say AE is a no go.

[Kevin Camp]

pretty cool info… i had never heard windows powerpc edition. thanks gene.

the only other systems that i had heard of that used the powerpc chips were some copiers, some game systems (i think it was the xbox) and i believe some military systems had contracted ibm for powerpc chips…

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Przemyslaw Boltryk]

I downloaded AE CS4 (trial) for Windows (for sure – ~850 MB, Mac version has ~1.3GB), but still i’ve got same problem – “Product doesn’t suppor a processor PowerPC architecture”. Everything else is fine, it shows error at the end of system check.

My computer has tweaked AMD Athlon 3000+, GForce 7600GS, 768 DDR 400Mhz (I know, i know, not enough, but it doesn’t seems to be a problem with PowerPC), Windows XP SP2.