[Should I downgrade from Vistax64 to XPx64?]

Pdesopo,

Why don't you try 64-bit Windows Server 2008?

It's the server equivalent of Vista but has all the desktop stuff turned off, including Aero so it's lean and mean. You can also optimize it for running as a workstation rather than a server. See www.win2008workstation.com .

Most Vista 64 drivers have no problem running under Server 2008 x64.

Moreover, you can download Server 2008 effectively as an 8 month trial from Microsoft.

hope this helps

I didn't know there was a trial of windows server.

It could be another interesting option.

Thanks a lot for the hint!

[Should I downgrade from Vistax64 to XPx64?]

Thank you for your reply cluberti.

So, about future bug fixes it seems I cannot expect much....

The thing is I've tried to make my Vista as light weighted as possible stopping services I don't need, and keeping it always clean with scheduled defrag, registry optimization and junk files removal. But I'm thinking that my laptop configuration isn't enough to run Vista and all those apps smoothly at 100%.

Now the doubt is if XPx64 would run really smooth or not, since as for every thing with the technology stuff, one have to try it out...

Thank you again for your help.

Best,

Piero

[Should I downgrade from Vistax64 to XPx64?]

Hi all,

dunno if somebody else already posted something about this matter.

I'm working on a Dell Precision laptop M90, with the following configuration:

Processor Intel® Core2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB

Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

I mainly use my laptop for graphics works, therefore main application I do usually use are:

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Maxon Cinema4D

Blender 3D

Nextlimit Realflow

PFTrack

and some other small apps.

Said that, I'm pretty satisfied about Vistax64, but due to some trouble with the openGl drivers, I've to keep the DWM service running and there's no way to turn off Aero. This means that a lot of resources are taken by Aero and in certain situation the laptop is not such as responsive as expected (and in certain situations some weird video glitches happens, but all work fine)

Now, since there should be some Nvidia driver for my Quadro and since the CS4 suite should run fine on XPx64, I'm just wondering if somebody else is in a similar situation and could confirm that would be better (or not?) to downgrade from Vista to a light weighted OS like XPx64.

Any help or suggestion would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Best,

Piero