OT: 2 versions win 7

Rayl wrote on 4/20/2010, 9:42 AM
I don't no if this is practical or not. On wifes pc she has win7 home
premium, with her scrapbooking programs etc. She also does some
home movie work with VP9(gotten ok with this) Would like to put
win7 pro on separate disk with Vegas(all 64 bit)
Should I try this or not?
PC has 4 core AMD
8 gigs ddr3
1 tb main drive
500 gig 2nd(2 partions)
1.5 tb esata(2 partions)
Thanks for any advice
Ray

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DSCalef wrote on 4/20/2010, 10:57 AM
There is very little difference between Windows 7 versions. Each hgher version adds some additional features onto the basic code base found on the lower version.

The real added feature in Pro is networking is easier within a users domain setup on a server. For the last couple of years I used Vista Pro on my office desktop computers, but home premium on my new laptop. Vegas on both. The only thing I missed on the laptop was ease of connecting to my Small Business Server's company domain. Now that Win7 is out, I have converted all my computers to Pro.

My suggestion is try Vegas Pro on home premium. If you are missing somethng you want, than upgrade to Pro. Don't even bother to use 2 different OS's on the same computer. If you use Pro, you wife won't notice a thing different.

Click here to go up to the Windows 7 site and look at the differences in the versions: [Link=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/default.aspx]Compare Versions[/link]

I certainly would use Windows 7 64-bit in whatever version if your computer hardware is capable. Remember that you can still use Vegas Pro 32-bit as well as 64-bit on the 65-bit version on Windows. Both Vegas versions can co-exist on the computer and you can go back and forth between versions. I still use mostly the 32-bit version.

David
Rayl wrote on 4/20/2010, 1:09 PM
Dave,thanks for the reply. My main reason for wanting to do this was
keeping Vegas in it's own enviroment,maybe not needed.
Yes her pc is 64 bit.
Thanks again,
Ray
Mike M. wrote on 4/20/2010, 2:27 PM
Ray, there is a difference between the amount of memory that a person can use (total physical RAM memory) in each version. That may not be an issue, depending on the applications you have.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778%28VS.85%29.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7

Also, Win7 Pro and up have an XP compatible mode for programs that refuse to work in the Win7 environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/windows-xp-mode.aspx