Re: CS4 and Vista

Hi,

Vista Home Premium as well as Vista Home Basic, supports only ONE physical CPU, but multiple cores. These versions of Vista should not be used for CS4.

For 64-bit computing on Vista OS and CS4 consider only Vista Business or Vista Ultimate. These versions of Vista support up to TWO physical CPUs. CS4 apparently expects TWO physical CPUs installed in your PC (Most professional Video capture Cards also have that expectation.)

You should be able to upgrade a 64-Bit Vista Home Premium to 64-Bit Vista Business or 64-Bit Vista Ultimate (if you have a Dell computer, consider contacting them for this purpose.) All others may need to purchase the actual Business or Ultimate OS DVD.

So what about the other versions of 64-Bit Vista such as Enterprise, 2008 Server, Korean and European versions of Business and Ultimate? Will 64-Bit CS4 software run in these versions?

Vista Enterprise is like Vista Business (Not available through retail or OEM sales, as it's made available only through Microsoft Software Assurance. The Korean "KN" and European "N" versions of Business and Ultimate do not include Windows Media Player (so in those versions you will not get the codecs that come with WMP.) 64-bit Windows Vista Server 2008 is REALLY nice software. You probably should not consider 64-Bit Server 2008 for a CS4 install, (it's kind of expensive software $$$$. For the money, 64-bit Vista Ultimate is probably the best option.

The RAM issue:
Please remember that for every processor core installed, you should consider TWO (2) Gigs of RAM. If you have TWO physical CPUs installed and each has four cores (you have a total of 8 cores... 8 processors), then you should consider 16 Gigs of RAM for your computer. In such a computer, 64-Bit CS4 software will apparently use only 6 Gigs of RAM.

(Parts of this info came from WIKIPEDIA.ORG)

Regards,
Paul








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Paul Thurston
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