I am currently waiting for Poser 8 to ship. I expect to get it within about a week.

I am currently using a PC with the following specs:
2.1 GHz Duo core
800 GHz FSB Motherboard
320 SATA II HDD
2 GB RAM DDR2 667 GHz
512 MB Geforce 7600 Display card (DDR2)
17 Inch CRT Monitor
Windows XP Home 32bit
Poser 6 & 7.

Poser 7 is working well, only the renders take some time.

Since I have ordered P8, I have decided to buy a laptop/notebook for portability for my work as well.

I have ordered a Gigabyte laptop with the following specs:
2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo
1066 GHz FSB Motherboard
4 GB RAM 800 GHz DDR2
512 MB 9600 Dedicated Display card
500GB SATA HDD
± 15 Inch LCD Screen
Windows Vista Home Premium
Poser 6, 7 & 8

I get this for about $1250,00 where it is suppose to be in the region of $2000-00. When a special is launched, you have to act or forget about it.

I have heard a lot of stories about Vista and I have encountered some on other peoples' computers with it. The supplier will disable the administrators rights part (the asking for confirmation to do anything).

Now I would like to know from other users that uses Vista if they experience any problems.
I can always go back to XP as my one PC will be braked up and then I have an extra copy of XP (Full version, not OEM). Must I stay with Vista or rather go back to XP?

(I am using a memory manager currently and no program uses up my RAM but my CPU are sometimes used to 100%. So the new laptop will be noticeable faster than what I currently have and it is also portable. The speed of most of the programs depend firstly of CPU power before RAM only).

As someone how currently has Vista, I'd recommend you use XP ;o).

Either that, or wait till october when Windows 7 goes up for sale.

Laurie

Laurie,
Thank you. I have thought so. I want everything to work properly. I do not want to struggle all the time as some of my friends have and are still battle to go along.

However I have one friend who does Flightsim (me too), but he always goes forward. He is now a Vista user, but I do not want to ask him, because I am afraid he will not admit if there are problems.

XP is always an option,  One thing you can do is use Vista to create a partion for XP and then have a duo boot laptop, (you HD is certainly large enough for it )  than simply test for yourself.

In the end,  you'll want to wait for Windows 7, because you'll be eligible for a FREE upgrade - that is, if it's a brand new laptop.,  :) 

take care

My new laptop came with vista , its a toshiba twin processor with 3 gb memory. It runs Poser 7 very well. I havent had any real problems with it, just not used to the Vista interface.  

Vista here.  No problems whatsoever.

The only problem I have had with Vista has not been with Poser.  It's with the QuickTime
player from Apple.  I get the Error 40 message with that, very common.

Also Vista, Ultimate 64, running Poser 6 and 7, Vue 6 and 7 Infinite, Photoshop CS3, Pageplus 11, Hexagon 2.something!!
No problems with any of them, Vista rocks!

As a user of Vista 64 i would never go back to XP 64. All the problems people have with vista are with the 32 bit version and insufficient RAM. Vista 64 on 4GB or more RAM is a joy.

I've been running Poser 7 on Vista Home Basic for several months with no problems at all.

 I have had no problems with Vista, and currently loving the new Windows 7 (MSDN subscription)

I have also spoken with other friends running flight simulators and who are designing stuff and I think I am not going for the Vista option. I will keep the Vista disk and the coupon to upgrade to Windows 7. when I am ready I will go to W7. With XP at least I know everything I have will work period. No questions asked and not negotiable. With Vista I am not sure if everything will work.

I see noone truley answered the posters question. Its just been an XP/Vista argument. Im curious whats running P8 well. Sys specs. Ill be running XP. 

*I have heard a lot of stories about Vista and I have encountered some on other peoples' computers with it. The supplier will disable the administrators rights part (the asking for confirmation to do anything).

Now I would like to know from other users that uses Vista if they experience any problems.
I can always go back to XP as my one PC will be braked up and then I have an extra copy of XP (Full version, not OEM). Must I stay with Vista or rather go back to XP?*

This was his actual question, he clearly asks about Vista users and if they've had problems.
I would say we all answered his questions admirably.

Hi,

I use P8, P7, P6, Carrara 7 pro, and Vue all on Vista Home Premium with User Account Control switched on and my main runtime (for all the Posers)  in the Programmes folder. I don't have any problems whatsoever with any of the applications, except those already mentioned here with P8 which I'm expecting to be fixed with first service release.

With Vista there are 2 things to remember, select to RUN the application with administrator rights, and also Vista sometimes doesn't allow 'saving' from one application into the folder of another application, (like an image from Photoshop to the runtime textures folder), and stores the file in a safe virtual area. Just find it and drag it into the folder you wanted to in the first place, it's very simple and only takes a moment.

This is all due to security, and personally I like the security aspect of Vista.

I come from XP on my last PC and I wouldn't want to go back, it seemed to attract far more trouble than Vista to me:)

 I have Vista 32 Home Premium. Dual processor. 4GB ram. Poser 8. No problems whatsoever (other than the known bugs)

I like Vista.

I just recently (after Poser 8, and just as a test) turned off the UAC. Never had any problems with UAC either, but then I'm using the Administrator account all the time.

I have received my laptop today. I found an upgrade coupon to Windows 7 and Microsoft will ship it on 5 November 2009.
Of what I heard Windows 7 is must faster and bug free than Vista.

Quote - As a user of Vista 64 i would never go back to XP 64. All the problems people have with vista are with the 32 bit version and insufficient RAM. Vista 64 on 4GB or more RAM is a joy.

What you said. Vista 64 with 4 GB and Poser 8 runs just fine.

Vista home on my laptop, no problems . 32 bit vista and 3gb of ram .  I did turn off UAC somehow but since I am the only user it didnt seem to be an issue. Poser ran OK before turning off UAC  , I just kept getting messages about other stuff I was doing.

P8 is a program that leaks memory constantly. 
2 or 4 gigs and a duo core wont be enough.
You are making a  gamble.

Quote - Vista home on my laptop, no problems . 32 bit vista and 3gb of ram .  I did turn off UAC somehow but since I am the only user it didnt seem to be an issue. Poser ran OK before turning off UAC  , I just kept getting messages about other stuff I was doing.

Don't forget it's not just about how many users you have on a machine, but what access those users have.

Should you manage to get a trojan or worm on your PC, it will have a far far easier time causing havoc with UAC turned off. The whole point of UAC is to force you to confirm activities that would require elevated privileges, which such malware usually does. With UAC tuned off they can do whatever they want without ever leting you know a thing.

If you want a quieter UAC, try upgrading to Windows 7. It's just as functional with regards to UAC but much less "in your face" about it.