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Dual booting XP Pro and Vista 64 bit
I have a workstation with dual quad cores (2.5 GHz each). My current OS is XP Pro. Someone just told me that they have an extra copy (legal) of Vista 64 bit that I can have. I was thinking of doing a dual boot, because I want to be able to stay with XP if Vista doesn’t work, and I don’t want to do a clean install at this point because it took me three days to do the new install for my new system.
I am not much of a geek and all the details are a bit daunting. Can anyone tell me if the dual boot is a good thing, especially for After Effects CS3 and the rest of the CS3 Production Premium? Are there any things I need to be concerned about?
I am excited about the possibilities of more RAM for AE, but have heard so many conflicting reports about whether AE can use more than 4 GB, problems with drivers, etc. Any wisdom would be GREATLY appreciated.
FYI:
Dell Precision T7400
Dual Quad Core
4 GB RAM
Nvidia Quadro FX 570
SATA drives -
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I not sure about the dual booting but CS3 is only a 32 bit program. Some people have gotten it to install on a 64bit Vista system but you get no advantage of having more ram. Adobe CS4 software was built for a 32bit or 64bit system.
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I run CS3 on a 64bit XP and I find that maybe the one program on its own does not benefit from the extra RAM, but if I run Photoshop, Illustrator and AE at once they do not compete with sharing the SAME 2Gb of RAM but can use 2Gb EACH out of my 8Gb. So when running multiple programs at once I see a huge benefit.
Sincerely,
Magnus Allguren
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