Vegas 64 on XP 64, Vista, or 7

[John Rofrano]

XP 64-bit is not supported by Sony (or anyone else including Microsoft!) so building a brand new computer around it for Vegas would be foolish in my opinion. Windows 7 64-bit is the ultimate platform for to run Vegas on. I don’t know where you heard that Windows 7 would take up 4 Gigs of RAM but it doesn’t take up any more RAM than XP did. I would never go back to using XP after using Windows 7 64-bit so my vote goes for Windows 7.

As for using Vegas Pro 32-bit or 64-bit. The 32-bit version will only use 2GB of RAM regardless of how much RAM you have and regardless of which OS you choose. You should use Vegas Pro 64-bit unless there are 32-bit plug-ins that you rely on. Both can be installed and work side-by-side.

~jr

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[Tim Brendel]

Thanks JR,

If I go with 7 what’s the best version. I get them all for 20 bucks through my University affiliation but what would be the best one. Is there any performance gain with Ultimate over Home or Pro? If I’m ONLY using Vegas will these help at all or is it just adding more eatures I won’t be utilizing and actually hurting performance (even only ny a very slight amount).

[Don Donatello]

i have a dell 420 .. i have vista home 64bit & win7 64bit pro on it … i prefer win 7 but usb & firewire are SLOW ( snail pace) .. vista 64 the USB works but firewire is about 1/2 speed of USB ..

there is a RAM limitation on HOME versions ( both vista & win7) i don’t recall what the max ram is but the Pro version can use more ram … 8 gigs is no problem for the home ( it might be 16gig max on home ??) …

i have both Vegas 32bit & 64 bit loaded on both OS ..
why? because not all filters are available in the 64bit Vegas ..
so at anytime i can switch from 64bit vegas to 32 bit vegas or vice versa … IMO windows 7 is more solid then vista .. but every now and then i need firewire so i use Vista ( 1394 is slow but win 7 1394 on this dell is almost not working ) there is a patch out there for win7 & 1394 but it didn’t work on my dell ( dell does not recommend win7 on the 420) …

IMO XP has a very easy SHARE .. you share a drive and everything on that drive is available … vista share = can’t get it to work = got me … win7 share – well easier then vista BUT i’ve tried sharing a drive and nobody can see it = i have to share each folder on the drive to get them to show up ..so IMO XP is by far the best for sharing drives …

[John Rofrano]

If I’m ONLY using Vegas will these help at all or is it just adding more eatures I won’t be utilizing and actually hurting performance (even only ny a very slight amount).

Exactly! As Don pointed out, the Home edition has an artificial limit of 16GB of memory but my motherboard maxes out at 16GB so that’s what I bought and I’ve been very happy with it.

The Pro edition adds more sophisticated networking for enterprises which is probably why Don is having trouble with SHARES on his Windows 7 Pro. Get the Home edition and you won’t have these problems.

The Ultimate editing is a complete waste of money IMHO. It has encryption that requires special hardware that nobody has. What a useless feature. There is no reason for a video editor to buy Ultimate. It’s just more Microsoft bloatware.

Windows 7 64-bit Home Edition is the sweet spot for video editors. It’s lean and mean and fun to drive. I would only get Pro if you plan to use more than 16GB of memory.

Hope that helps,

~jr

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