MeVsWorld

For over 5 years, Apple Mac users have been able to install more than 4 gigabytes of memory into their machines. The memory requirements of professional creative applications have skyrocketed, especially since more and more work is done inside the computer than outside it with the advent of sample libraries and virtual synths. So you’d think those who wanted to continue to use Microsoft based systems would have it pretty good by now as well.

Not a bit of it. The thing is the foundations on which these very different operating systems were built, and the fact that Apple have only one operating system which is 64bit rather than a 64 and 32 bit version.

Because there are so many PCs sitting in homes and offices that don’t need to be 64bit, there is still a demand for a 32bit OS. This basically makes developers lazy. Vista64 is a good operating system despite what some say, the problem is purely with the developers. What works well in my 64bit studio setup works very very well. But so many things don’t work, and fixes come slowly if at all because there is no real rush seeing as though the majority of windows users are still coping with the 32bit versions and the 4 gigabyte memory limit that comes with it.

This turns into a vicious circle. Basically - at some point we will all need more than 4 gigabytes of ram. Most mac users are already well beyond the point where they are happy with 2 or 4 gigs in their machines, so the next version of windows needs to be 64 bit. No 32bit versions… It will be a horrible transition, but its what needs to be done… now!

In the mean time - I have 2 partitions in my studio. XP32 and Vista64. In the vista partition I can load a seemingly endless stack of instruments in Vienna Ensemble, but half of my other plugins dont work or do work but cause problems, in the XP partition everything works just fine, but I need 3 pc’s just to get a good orchestra!

I have been waiting and testing out different solutions for years, its probably time to switch.