Gregg, Thanks for all the info. I think this answers my question if not more. Thanks again. Sam
--- In [email protected], Gregg Eshelman <g_alan_e@...> wrote: > > --- On Tue, 2/28/12, ketch2022002 <goingaround@...> wrote: > > > I am running Premiere Pro 1.5 and > > After Effects 6.5 on a XP Pro in 32-bits. I want to know if > > I can run these programs on a Windows 7 Pro in 64 bits? 7 > > Pro is able to can run XP programs but I'm not sure about > > Adobe programs. Sam > > Most 32 bit programs will run without problems on 64 bit versions of Windows > running on x64 CPUs. > > Itanium and other 64 bit CPUs are a different story, but AFAIK Windows 7 runs > on none of them due to Intel abandoning attempts to fully break with the x86 > and x32 past. > > For software that absolutely will not run on Vista or Win7, even in a > compatibility mode, Microsoft has the free "XP Mode" download, but it only > runs on the higher end versions of Vista and Win7. It also has some limits on > functionality. > > An alternative is VMLite XP Mode which is also free. It uses the same Win XP > image download as Microsoft's XP Mode. This has several advantages over > Microsoft's version. > 1. It can run on lower-spec hardware than the MS version requires, though > performance may suffer. > 2. It has more direct hardware access so you can run apps like games that > need 3D acceleration. > 3. Does not require a patch to run on CPUs without hardware virtualization > support and most likely will outperform the MS version on such CPUs. > 4. Supports 3rd party virtual machine images, ie from VMWare and others. > 5. Runs on almost every version of Vista and Win7 *and* Windows XP. > 6. Can run newer guest versions of Windows on older host versions. MS XP Mode > only runs XP and only on Vista and Win 7. > 7. Can run a 64 bit guest OS on a 32 bit host OS running on a 64 bit CPU. > (This trick requires hardware virtualization and at least a dual core x64 > CPU.) > > Those last two mean you could run Adobe's latest 64bit software "seamlessly" > with Windows XP Pro 32 bit, as long as you have the newer Windows install > disc to setup a guest OS image. > > If you have a lot of software that is very incompatible with Vista or Win7 > and want/need a few programs that need Vista or Win7, that's when it'd be > ideal to use VMLite for running the software needing the later Windows > version. > > From personal experience with VMLite, it's not so hot with a single core CPU > without hardware virtualization support. I tried it on a Celeron 530, a Core > 2 Solo without virtualization. Quite sloooow. After upgrading to a Core 2 Duo > it runs XP dependent apps seamlessly with Vista Ultimate 32 bit. (I should > upgrade that laptop to Vista 64 bit.) > > Another trick up VMLite's sleeve is the "sandbox" where the app it's running > is completely walled off from the host and no permanent changes to the guest > OS image are allowed. One use for this is testing a setup or install to see > that it puts everything where it's supposed to go. > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
