Solidworks 2007 and Vista
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From: zxys on 1 Oct 2007 16:46 Phil, As Daisy has pointed out, if at all (I'm not positive) you need to have the SW2007 or SW2008 64 bit version and they're not available for Vista (maybe in alpha?). You'll sol if you're wanting to run SW with more ram under Vista 64 bit at this time. The only real benefit of using Vista on a laptop I believe is power management? ... On Oct 1, 1:18 pm, pev...(a)tagaerospace.com (Phil Evans) wrote: > It is my understanding, and please correct me if I am wrong, that > Windows XP can only access a maximum of 4 gigs of ram. > Vista 32 bit has the same limitation but Vista 64 bit can access > 128 gigs of ram.
From: Phil Evans on 1 Oct 2007 16:50 well that solves that (non)problem then :-) Thanks
From: jimsym on 1 Oct 2007 17:57 Be sure to order the right HP systems. The new 8510w and 8710w will support the full 4GB RAM (max on notebooks) when running a 64-bit OS and there are drivers for WinXP-64 for both. The older nw9440 and nw8440 will only recognize up to 3-3.5GB RAM - even if you use a 64-bit OS. I'm not sure if they even came out with drivers for XP-64 on these systems.
From: TOP on 1 Oct 2007 20:27 XP comes in a 64 bit flavor. I can't imagine running a model that big on a laptop. Either way, one issue with 64 bit has been drivers. This would be more of a problem with VISTA and especially with laptops. I built a very nice "luggable" by attaching an LCD flat screen to the side of a mid tower. Consider this: Any laptop with that much ram is primarily tied to a power outlet. So buy them a 600 dollar laptop for Open Office and put the big bucks into a real computer and a soft padded aluminum case to carry it in. TOP
From: pete on 2 Oct 2007 03:11
Phil, What everyone seems to have missed is that yes solidworks will run under Vista 32 bit, BUT...... 1,You will be using software OpenGL = slow, even if you get a driver working, it is still not very good. 2, You can NOT install service packs as Vista is not recognized by the Solidworks windows installer. Been there, tried it! "Phil Evans" <pevans(a)tagaerospace.com> wrote in message news:e9GdnZtWxLtAp5zanZ2dnUVZ_qqgnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > We are locked into Solidworks 2007 for the next 2 years due to > program requirements. > > Part of the program requirements is that we provide engineers to > our clients site. > To accomplish this we will be buying HP workstation laptops. > By default they come with Vista Business but HP will provide the XP > disks to us. > To fully utilise all the laptops ram we would need to stick with > Vista. > Have there been any problems with the combination of Solidworks > 2007 and Vista? > |