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sw2009 on vista
what is the latest word on sw2009 running on vista? does anyone have current benchmark comps to xp?
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magineer
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magineer,
i do not have any benchmark's running solidworks 2009 sp3.0 on vista. but if i had it to do over again, i would not put vista on my box. the first several months solidworks 2009 did not run well. now i am onto a new project and the system is defragging every night and indexing when idle, i hope. things are better, but still lockup or crash a few times a day. i have talked to our var and they try to help.

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solidworks pro 2009 x64, sp3.0
pdmworks workgroup, solidworks bom,
hp xw8600, 64-bit windows vista business, service pack 1
intel xeon cpu, 3.00 ghz, 16 gb ram, virtual memory 166682 mb,
nvidia quadro fx 4600
i have sw2009x64 sp2.1 installed on my home computer, an hp quad with vista home premium 64 bits and an nvidia geforce card. i have no complaints so far. i am not using it extensively though. i opened once a big assembly which takes about five minutes on my work machine (dual core xeon) and i was amazed as it loaded in less than 30 seconds.
i'm on sw200964 sp 2.0 with vista 64 business and have had no issues other than the usual. i'm actually very happy with vista 64 and sw 64. i did turn the uac off in vista after having some intial install issues. once the uac was turned off everything has been fine.
rob rodriguez cswp
any advantage/disadvantage to put vista on 32-bit machines?
rockguy,
thanks for the "uac off in vista" information. i had no idea. a star for you.
standing
solidworks pro 2009 x64, sp3.0
pdmworks workgroup, solidworks bom,
hp xw8600, 64-bit windows vista business, service pack 1
intel xeon cpu, 3.00 ghz, 16 gb ram, virtual memory 166682 mb,
nvidia quadro fx 4600
quote:
any advantage/disadvantage to put vista on 32-bit machines?
not really. although some have claimed approx 10% performance improvement after de-vistafying.
switch of all the useless resource-sucking 'bling' and performance will improve.

not sure there is an advantage to vista 32. i went with vista 64 only because i didn't want to have an orphaned xp 64 os.
i should also mention as cbl did, i set the system to "best performance" which basically takes away the pretty vista aero look. so, not as slick looking but renders faster
rob rodriguez cswp
thanks again rockguy,
my performance was set to "let windows choose what's best for my computer". another star for you.

standing
solidworks pro 2009 x64, sp3.0
pdmworks workgroup, solidworks bom,
hp xw8600, 64-bit windows vista business, service pack 1
intel xeon cpu, 3.00 ghz, 16 gb ram, virtual memory 166682 mb,
nvidia quadro fx 4600
rockguy
i had to reset my fonts back to clear type.
standing
solidworks pro 2009 x64, sp3.0
pdmworks workgroup, solidworks bom,
hp xw8600, 64-bit windows vista business, service pack 1
intel xeon cpu, 3.00 ghz, 16 gb ram, virtual memory 166682 mb,
nvidia quadro fx 4600