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Vue F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2025 Jan 30 6:52 am)
Subject: Windows 7 - useful version and install information
None of this is new compared to Vista.
Quote - "First, the Home version is limited to only 16GB of RAM. You must have Professional or Ultimate to take advantage of more"
Same in Windows Vista.
Quote - "Second, the Home version is limited to a single CPU and will not see multi-CPUs. Only Professional and Ultimate will see more than one."
Same in Windows Vista.
Quote - "NOTE: this is not to be confused with multi-cores as it will see a multi-core SINGLE CPU just fine."
Same in Windows Vista.
So, apart from a partial change in the names of the editions, there's really no news in what regards CPU and RAM, everything is the same as in Vista.
Attached Link: http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_skus_compare.asp
This series of comparative tables above provides a very comprehensive overview.
Next week I update my computer system. I have here already the Windows 7 OEM Ultimate box. The computer parts shipped already. I hope the computer build go smooth and without problems. At the moment I am on Vista 64 Ultimate.
Mazak
Attached Link: http://revision3.com/tekzilla/windows7?hp
Lots of interesting tips, in video format, in the link above. "*Windows 7! 32 or 64 bit, What To Back Up, Tips, Tricks, Performance Hack, Thumb Drive Install, 5 Reasons To Skip It!* "
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I have posted on other tech web sites some useful information some may not know about Windows 7 and wanted to post here for those using Vue. Feel free to copy to another forum here if you wish to share with other 3D software users. I have been told more than several times on other sites it was useful and they did not know, so hope it helps someone else too.
Windows 7 version details -
As most know, they have read about the main differences between Home, Professional and Ultimate. However, MANY tech articles have failed to mention two critical differences between these versions.
First, the Home version is limited to only 16GB of RAM. You must have Professional or Ultimate to take advantage of more, which goes all the way up to 192GB for a RAM limit.
Second, the Home version is limited to a single CPU and will not see multi-CPUs. Only Professional and Ultimate will see more than one. I have a Mac Pro with duel CPUs and have verified this. NOTE: this is not to be confused with multi-cores as it will see a multi-core SINGLE CPU just fine.
Installing went well for me on both the "Upgrade" and "Full" versions. Microsoft still has a VERY annoying way of doing a "clean install" for those with the upgrade version. Check out the WinSuperSite for how to do a clean install with upgrade.
Jeff
Development on: Mac Pro 2008, Duel-Boot OS - Snow Leopard 10.6.6 & Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon , 10GB 800 MHz DDR2 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT.