[DUG] to Vista 64bit or not?

[Sean Cross]

Stick Delphi in a VM.  Solves all number of problems.

Regards

Sean Cross
CIO
Catalyst Risk Management

From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Jason Coley
Sent: Friday, 7 August 2009 9:56 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] to Vista 64bit or not?

I fully recommend installing Win7, I know this shouldn't be said but there are plenty of torrents for the RTM build, when you can finally purchase the RTM (or get it through other MS channels), just enter your product key. You can re-arm it when necessary (up to 120 days I think) so the RTM version will be in shops by then.

Honestly, I ran Vista 64bit for a few years, and to be honest I never had many issues with it, but Win7 is really that much better.

The only think you need to be wary about is Win7 64bit and Delphi 2007 & 2009 (not sure if older versions have any hassles), but there is a small change that needs to be made to a Delphi file for debugging, as an error appears when closing a debug session (and multi threads are used), that kills Delphi. I am hoping Embarcadero fix this, as the problem is there in final RTM version of Win7.

Anyway, just my 5 cents, I know I'll never go back from Win7!

Regards from New Zealand (GMT+12)

Jason Coley
Software Solutions



From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter
Sent: Friday, 7 August 2009 9:35 a.m.
To: Jason
Subject: [DUG] to Vista 64bit or not?

Hi Guys.
I am building my new machine today...YAY....and sinces I am getting a pretty res. machine (quad core with 4 gig) which is replacing my VERY faithful, but increasingly unreliable Pent 4 3GB, I am trying to decide wether or not to install Vista 64bit since I have a copy of it.
The only reason I was thinking of it was that I can utilise the memory so I can use Virtual machines etc.
I was thinking of Windows 7, but since its still pretty much beta, I dont want to have to reinstall everthing again when it comes out.

Anyone got any ideas? Should I infact get say fedora 64bit (if there is one) and install VMware etc?

Jeremy
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