Hi everyone, this is my first post on the Vista forums.
I have to say, i've been reading the forums for a while before signing up.
I'm a mac user who's moved to windows! the main reason was that the engineering software I run isn't availiable for the mac and I got hacked off with two machines sat on a KVM. I figured, I spend so much time on the winbox that I may as well go the whole hog - to the point I actually run a windows mobile samsung omnia as well!
Anyway, after a long while, I've taken the plunge and bought Vista Ultimate retail SP1.
I'm running XP on an intel badaxe D975XBX2 mobo with a E6700 cpu.
For the vista install I've got an Asus P5Q-Pro board with 8gb ram. I was looking at a Q9550 cpu.
And i'm running an Nvidia Quadro 4500 card - for all my image and 3d modelling work.
I have the following storage: 2x 500gb WD (new)
and on the XP install I have an 80gb drive for OS and apps, and a 250gb drive for user's 'My Documents' and music n' stuff.
This effectively gives me four SATA drives to play with.
How would you run this?
I was looking at the possibility of the following:
Vista Ultimate x64 with two drives in raid 0 for OS and apps. the 80gb drive for user files and the 250 for music/video/image storage and as a scratch disc.
or
Vista Ultimate x64 with x1 drives i for OS and apps. x1 drive for user files and the x1 for music/video/image storage x1 as a scratch disc or backup disc.
Now for my final dilemma, do I bypass Vista entirely and go straight for the beta of W7?
Many thanks in advance for your thoughts - and special thanks for the link to the resolution manager - it was the one thing that really bugged me coming from a mac, where each user's resolution settings can be different (my girlfriend has bad eyesight, so generally runs a lower res).
I have to say, i've been reading the forums for a while before signing up.
I'm a mac user who's moved to windows! the main reason was that the engineering software I run isn't availiable for the mac and I got hacked off with two machines sat on a KVM. I figured, I spend so much time on the winbox that I may as well go the whole hog - to the point I actually run a windows mobile samsung omnia as well!
Anyway, after a long while, I've taken the plunge and bought Vista Ultimate retail SP1.
I'm running XP on an intel badaxe D975XBX2 mobo with a E6700 cpu.
For the vista install I've got an Asus P5Q-Pro board with 8gb ram. I was looking at a Q9550 cpu.
And i'm running an Nvidia Quadro 4500 card - for all my image and 3d modelling work.
I have the following storage: 2x 500gb WD (new)
and on the XP install I have an 80gb drive for OS and apps, and a 250gb drive for user's 'My Documents' and music n' stuff.
This effectively gives me four SATA drives to play with.
How would you run this?
I was looking at the possibility of the following:
Vista Ultimate x64 with two drives in raid 0 for OS and apps. the 80gb drive for user files and the 250 for music/video/image storage and as a scratch disc.
or
Vista Ultimate x64 with x1 drives i for OS and apps. x1 drive for user files and the x1 for music/video/image storage x1 as a scratch disc or backup disc.
Now for my final dilemma, do I bypass Vista entirely and go straight for the beta of W7?
Many thanks in advance for your thoughts - and special thanks for the link to the resolution manager - it was the one thing that really bugged me coming from a mac, where each user's resolution settings can be different (my girlfriend has bad eyesight, so generally runs a lower res).
