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problems with Vista and Premiere?
Does anybody know if there are any issues with Windows Vista and the Adobe Video products? I’ve heard horror stories and would like to have an idea of possible problems before I upgrade. Thanks!
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6 Replies
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Don’t do it, at least not until SP1.
The problem also has to do with the fact that many video drivers were quickly put together and are not fully up to speed yet, but I have seen other issues, the biggest one probably being a large memory hit.
Vince
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If you have WinXP you can only DOWNGRADE to Vista. I agree with Vincent on this. Don’t even consider it. Stay with XP.
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I’ll third that –
I have a personal computer running Vista, but my audio & video computers stay with XP … much more stable. Not to mention most software and hardware isn’t 100% supported in Vista. It’s a great OS, but they should have shared the code with programmers and engineers before it launched.
If it isn’t broken, don’t try to fix it
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DO NOT GO TO V I S T A ! !
How was that for being emphatic? I am s survivor (barely) of the whole XP Pro to Vista process. I bought into the initial hype that vista / Direct-X 10 would be better for video editing. So I bought the ultimate version and a NVIDIA 8600 card.
It was a nightmare! It took me a good month just to try to get my applications to work. I was using PP2 at the time and I never got it to work totally. Scroll bars and other user interface navigators didn’t work. Once CS3 was released I bought that in hopes that it would play much better with Vista. The truth is that it does behave better, but there are still major performance issues. I have invested so much time in trying to make everything work and even though it does, with less capability (like vista doesn’t support a second monitor for viewing your edit in full screen), the lack of performance makes me want to go back to the days of XP pro and my old wimpy ATI 256mb card.
If I can ever get a break between projects, I will go back. It just seems like I am always caught in between projects and can not afford the time it will take to go back. So for now I am stuck in Vista Hell!
Regards,
Joe
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Thanks for all the input! I’m actually looking to buy a laptop and am having a hard time finding one that comes with XP. Could I replace Vista with XP from the CDs that came with my desktop?
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I upgraded to Vista with my new system and I don’t have any problems at all with my Adobe Production Studio (CS2). All the drivers work, all the programs work, everything is hunky dory. The only issue I’ve encountered so far is that there is some slight aliassing in the preview monitor window but this seems to be caused by the graphics card and not the OS.
Honestly I think people are a little too quick to judge Vista. Sure there were issues when it had just come out – mostly because the hardware manufacturers hadn’t built the drivers yet – but the OS really is quite solid. I think it’s just a fear of anything new.
If you have a new system, you might as well switch. Most of the problems arise when people try to install the new OS on an older PC that doesn’t have the necessary specs.
bottom line is I’ve had NONE of the problems other people describe and there’s nothing special about my system or the way I set it up.
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