There has been much bad-mouthing of Vista in the press… A continuous low hum in the blogs and podcasts that Vista is terrible. With no data and no references. Well here is some data. A list of products that work just fine on Vista.
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Here is a list of products that do not support Vista x64. This is shameful for several reasons:

1. Vista is the currently shipping OS and x64 is the “Ultimate” expression of that OS.
2. Vista x64 is the second generation of x64 OSs, so it is hardly brand-new and the requirements for supporting the system are well known
3. Most medium to high end systems are x64 capable.
4. Most high end system support as much as 4GB of memory.
5. One can only make use of 4GB of memory with an x64 edition OS. With an x86 edition one only can address 2.7 or 3.5GB of memory depending on the hardware available. See this Alienware Support post.

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EVGA NForce 680I SLI MB
CORE 2 QUAD EXTREME 2.66GHZ QX6700 8M Cache
4 GB Memory
EVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GTX 768MB PCI-E
2 SeaGate 250GB HD, 8MB Cache, 7200 rpm in Raid 0 Array [System and Programs]
2 Western Digital 250GB HD, 16MB Cache, 7200 rpm in Raid 0 Array [Video]
NEC [OptiArc] DVD RW AD-7170A Dual Layer DVD burner
Sony DVD RW DW-D26A Dual Layer DVD Burner
ATECH 28 IN 1 MEDIA READER
Samsung 210T 21″ LCD Monitor 1600×1200 resolution
Logitech Comfort Wireless Keyboard / Mouse

Running Retail Windows Vista Ultimate x64 operating system

As delivered by Alienware the configuration was:

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1 | AREA-51 7500-R4

1 | FULL-TOWER BLACK CASE 2.0B
1 | EVGA NFORCE 680I SLI MB
1 | D- CORE 2 DUO EXTREME 2.66GHZ QX6700 8M
4 | PDP 1GB DDR2 LOW LATENCY PC-6400 AW96
2 | SEAGATE 250GB SATA 3G 7200RPM 8MB CACHE NCQ
1 | NEC 18X DUAL LAYER DVD±R/W RAM RECORDER
1 | ATECH 28 IN 1 MEDIA READER
1 | INTEGRATED HIGH-DEF AUDIO NVIDIA C55-MB
1 | EVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GTX 768MB PCI-E
1 | VISTA ULTIMATE COA 32 BIT
1 | ALIENWARE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD STORE
1 | ALIENFX SOFTWARE VERSION 1.05
1 | POWERDVD 7 FOR VISTA 8CH
1 | NERO 7 R5.9 DL
1 | VISTA RESPWAN KIT
1 | SYMANTEC GHOST CORPORATE VERSION 8 (LICENSE)
1 | OWNER IDENTIFICATION CARD
1 | ELC TO MOTHERBOARD PWR/HD CABLE REV3
1 | ELC TO MOTHERBOARD USB CABLE REV3
1 | ALIENWARE MAIN BOARD RGB REV 4
1 | CONTROL ELC SW CARD
1 | AVC PENTIUM 4 DUAL CORE HSF Z9H741K001
1 | GX2 G80 DUAL SLOT CARD KEEPER
1 | 1 KILOWATT OEM ATX PSU
1 | 1 KILOWATT MOUNTING BRACKET AMTEK
1 | 1 KW POWER CORD
1 | 3.5? TO 5.25? EXTERNAL DEVICE ADAPTER
1 | ELC MAGENTA
1 | RAID 0 STRIPING 2 DRIVES
1 | 4-YR 24/7 WARRANTY
1 | ON-SITE WARRANTY
1 | PERIPHERALS
1 | BLACK BASIC OPTICAL MOUSE
1 | ALIENWARE MOUSE PAD
1 | VISTA RECOVERY DVD
1 | VISTA SUPPORT CD - AREA-51 7500 R4
1 | NERO 7 R5.9
1 | ALIENWARE DESKTOP BINDER VISTA
1 | STANDARD KEYBOARD BLACK

I’m a long time user of Adobe Premier. Most recently 6.5.

I’ve just upgraded my hot new Alienware Area-51 7500 system to Win Vista Ultimate 64bit to take advantage of all the memory and processor features, but alas, Adobe is still stuck in the weeds. According to the Premier Software Specifications page, Premier does not support 64bit Vista. That seems odd, since there is nothing on the platform that cannot easily be supported, even if they only support it in 32bit compatibility mode.

After all, Windows Movie Maker runs in native 64bit mode. And Nero Ultimate 7 contains Nero Vision which works fine on 64 bit - in compatibility mode no doubt.

Well I guess there is no compelling reason to upgrade my Premier license to Pro CS3, since it won’t run on my system. And Win MM and Nero Vision work fine for capture of DV, editing of mpg and creating DVDs in both DVD5 and DVD9 format. I’ve tried them all.

Please see our Legal Disclaimer if you have not already read it.

Recent experience with Windows Vista and products with others indicates some very nice video editing possibilities.
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Here is a letter that I have written to Alienware support and their business development and retail sales departments.

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The new Alienware System has arrived. I was concerned that the system was actually 4x my current system so I downloaded some well known benchmarks and tried them:
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I’ve been considering an Alienware system for sometime and I’ve now ordered one. An Area-51® 7500 - SLI.

Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66GHz 8MB Cache 1066MHz FSB
4GB memory.
500GB Raid 0 disk array.
NVidia GForce 8800 / 768MB
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This page does not work with Firefox, as far as I can tell… The embedded Real Player does not play the video, it displays a bunch of text, which looks like it might be the media file. The page works fine in MSIE. I’ve reported the condition to the Firefox authorities.

Launch in external player

And finally another style of video where the author cut a movie and then put it to a rhythm track. Apparently…

And here’s another LOTR where we use LOTR footage for a music video:

So maybe after watching these, you get You Tube too… Great fun. I’m a fan.

wwv

Here’s another video in another style. This one is a music video cut from anime or a video game or both and put to the music of a completely different style. Enjoy,

And finally….

I was in SLProfiles.com where SL’ers meet and a fellow send me a note and on his profile page was a video by Weird Al Yankovic.

Well I found the video on YouTube and confirmed that it was Weird Al. You can watch it there or on the next page.

Caution: The following pages contain videos with sound. So adjust your volume. The videos do not start automatically when the pages load. Enjoy.

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ALoft Hotels is apparently building their hotel in Second Life before they build it in the real world Or maybe at the same time, or maybe it’s all a scam. I’m not saying that it is, but it could be. What if it’s only going to appear in Second Life??
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Ever wish you could build with Lego® bricks and never run out of bricks. Well now you can.
Please see legal statement at the bottom of this post.

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Here are some of the ideas from a talk by Eli Yablonovitch, UCLA, regarding the future developments semiconductor technology and its impact on Physics, Economics and Sociology. From his lecture on 25 October 2005 at UCLA. Here is a link to Eli Yablonovitch’s UCLA page.

In addition to a history of semiconductor industry growth, and feature shrinkage, there are some surprising points he makes in this talk:
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Along with SlashDot, and Weather.com, you should consider adding OmniNerd to your frequent reading list. The articles are extremely intelligent and informative.

Here are two examples:
Al Qaeda’s Strategic Evolution

Rootkits: The “r00t” of all Digital Evil

Another weapon in the battle to stay informed!!