XP 64 on an Intel Mac?

Stinkie

Well, as long as it works, I'm not complaining. We'll see.

Also found this. Pretty cheap RAM: http://nl.backoffice.be/shop/details.asp?partid=KTA%2DMP800K2%2F4G

I might get me 4 kits (=16gb à € 719,72). Biiiiiiiig renders.

ScottPara

The biggest part of running 64bit is making sure you have all the supporting drivers for any hardware you have or plan to purchase. As it was said though 32bit will soon be a thing of the past and any issues people are currently experiencing will soon go away and or be fixed as the masses got to 64bit.

Scott

Stinkie

To anyone wrestling with the same problem: the method quoted above works. I've just installed Vista Ultimate 64 bit with no problems at all. (No driver related problems so far - but we'll see how that developes.) Tomorrow, I'm gonna get me 16 gb of RAM, and install Indigo and Podium. Yeah!

Stinkie

Okay ... While Ultimate installed okay, problems have arisen. Not much of a surprise - problems tend to do that. Call me cynical.

Stuff seems to work very slowly. Opening SU takes forever. Opening, say, the SkIndigo render settings thingy in SU does too - SU even becomes comatose for a couple of minutes.

What is this - a drivers related issue? Mind you, I've not installed anything else but Vista, SU and Indigo. What piece, if any, of vital, yes magical software am I missing?

Yup, I really do know squat.

kwistenbiebel

Have you updated the latest of the latest Geforce drivers?
That did the trick for me.
A slow Sketchup (I mean slower than the slow one we are used to ) is very often ill because of GPU drivers not working well together with the software.

By the way, once you got the 64 bit windows thingie running without hickups, you'll be surprised how smooth the performance of the 64 bit version of Indigo is.... It will love your shiny 8 cores

Stinkie

Hmm ... "videokaartdrivers", you mean? (I know nada about hardware. "Wow! That's called a plow, you say?") Well, if so, I'm in the process of installing the latest for the, erm, GPU I got. I was guessing that was the problem.

I did notice the 64 bit version of Indigo runs real smooth - I loaded a couple of Ono's test files. Pretty impressive.

kwistenbiebel

Indeed 'videokaart drivers'
I don't know which Graph card came with your Mac Pro, but if it is an Nvidia based one you'll probably need these 'Geforce' drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_175.16_whql.html
(worked perfectly for my 8800 GT).
...But maybe you got one of the ATI based cards... (check your system info).
In that case you'll need the latest 'Catalyst' drivers: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=vista64/common-vista64

Stinkie

I got the standard Radeon X 1900 one. What can I say? My employer's cheap. Not complaining, though. The 1900 has served me well so far.

I think I managed to get the right driver off the ATI site. Would be nice to see this issue resolved. I'm dying to get back to Indigo-ing again. Using Maxwell has rekindled my appreciation of both Ono's and Whaat's work.

Maxwell's seems to be slightly better at picking up on very fine details, but it's SU plugin (while it has advantages) falls somewhat short compared to SkIndigo.

H*ll, I just spent € 319 on Vista Ultimate and € 720 on RAM just to be able to enjoy Indigo and SkIndigo to the fullest extend. Ono, Whaat - you owe me. Nah - the app's worth it.

Stinkie

Last update. Ultimate 64 runs like a charm. Yesterday evening I installed 16 g of Kingston RAM. Never ever had a system that runs so smoothly.

Tried a 13000 x 8000 render (two sets of lights, MultiLight on ). Maxwell did not crash. Wonder how long it would take for a render like that to clear.

Henceforth I shall be known as Lord Stinkie of RAM.

Nismo

i seen a picture of xp and mac running at the same time! although i looked through the internet for it but i did find this picture.

remus

I think thats a program called parallels.

Application and Desktop Delivery | Parallels RAS

Download Parallels to run Windows on Mac, Chrome, gain access to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) with DaaS, & Toolbox to secure private files, & more.

(www.parallels.com)

Its an emulation program that runs different OSs on a mac OS by providing 'virtual hardware' for the OS to run on.

kwistenbiebel

I don't use Parallels, but from the info I read on the web , it is pretty fast on the 'usual' software.
The only thing that isn't supported to the fullest is the GPU graphical card power.

So any software that depends a lot on the graphical card (like Sketchup) will have a slow down.

For applications as Office etc... it should work fine.