Vista 64 bit - Decision

RockLobster · 6 Apr 2008 at 21:32

Hi All

I work as a developer and I'm toying with the idea to move to Vista 64 bit. At the moment I'm running XP on a Duo Core 2.6ghz with 4gb of RAM. The main thing I use is Visual Studio 2008 Professional. I will be the only person in our organisation with Vista so I will be the 'tester'. Do you think it would be a good move? Dell doesn't support 64 bit Vista but I have found a website with the drivers for my model: -

http://outerheaven.c-reality.com/archives/96-Dell-Inspiron-530-Windows-Vista-64-bit-Driver-Pack.html

Caged · 6 Apr 2008 at 21:38

Definitely go for it, especially as it's not your money and you're developing on it. Bit concerned why your organisation bought Inspirons though, are they a small company?

RockLobster · 6 Apr 2008 at 21:41

Caged said:
Definitely go for it, especially as it's not your money and you're developing on it. Bit concerned why your organisation bought Inspirons though, are they a small company?

Well they have a main supplier which I won't name. My boss ordered a top notch PC and when I got it everything was friggin wrong, suppliers fault I wasn't happy. I said to my boss I could get a much better spec from Dell for cheaper so he said go ahead and order it.

RockLobster · 7 Apr 2008 at 20:30

Oh well that was a waste of time the Oracle 10g client isn't supported with Vista 64 bit. Back to XP it is.