Storm Chasing Software and Vista

[cdcollura]

Good day all,

This is somewhat related to my laptop experience (link is below) but raises a few questions about SOFTWARE.

Laptop Thread is: http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=18980

I am considering going with Vista, but planning to keep my tools and software up to date to run with such.

Has anyone had issues / success with the software below (on Vista 64)?

How about Vista 32 bit?

If not, what was the issue?

If so, what versions DID work, most imprtantly on 64-Bit Vista?

1). SwiftWx

2). Baron WX Works

3). Delorme Street Atlas / GPS (USB)

4). Adobe Premiere / Vegas Pro

5). MS Visual Basic

6). GR Levelx

7). Sierra USB 881 Wireless 3G card (At&t)

8). Corel Photo Paint

9). Windows FTP Client (WS FTP)

10). Arwil Avast Anti-Virus

Any input / opinions on these will help myself and others as 99% of non-Mac / non-Linux (aka Microsoft) is moving away from XP Pro.

 

[rdale]

Guarantee success on 64-bit Vista with 5,6, and 9.

 

[Chris Strahan]

Honestly??? if you can go with xp, I think you would spend a little less of your computing power on the OS. Vista takes a bit more soup to run than XP. Since some of the weather apps can be taxing if you run a bunch of them. (gr level3, spotter network, internet connection software, video streaming, streets and trips.... you get the point).
It's not that I haven't gotten just about all of those working on a vista system... I just don't want to waste any computing resources on an operating system than I have to.

On Vista 32bit, I can vouch for 1, 3, 4 (Adobe Premiere), 6, and 9

 

[Skip Talbot]

3 (with a Bluetooth GPS) I have tested on 32 bit and 8 (Paint Shop Pro) is fine on both 32 and 64 bit. The only issues I have had with 64 bit are hardware compatibility. I haven't come across any software that didn't work that wasn't the result of a driver issue.

What version of Visual Basic? Old school 6.0? Not Visual Studio?

 

[Chris McBee]

I run 2 and 6 with 64-bit Vista with no problems. A little slow to load, but once they get going, they're fine.

 

[Jason Foster]

Chris, since I know your running 2006 version of DeLorme I will speak to that exact edition. I have had no issues, but it may bulk on the first install. Just try again, it should be fine.

I'm sure your AT&T card should work fine since that is pretty new. I also will say that GRlevel3 and GRanalyst work fine.

To qualify the above, I'm running Vista Home Premium....so whatever bit version that is. If necessary I can try it on my mom's laptop which is Vista Basic.

If you want I can put you in contact with Aaron (from the Gustav Hurricane Intercept) if you want to compare notes on install solutions. He's also one of the testers for Windows 7.

 

[Christopher E. Kincaid]

Number 10 works with Vista 64. I have all the GRx software and it works great on Vista 64. DA also works well. I have 4GB ram... the more the better.

 

[Rob Wadsworth]

3 (with a Bluetooth GPS) I have tested on 32 bit and 8 (Paint Shop Pro) is fine on both 32 and 64 bit. The only issues I have had with 64 bit are hardware compatibility. I haven't come across any software that didn't work that wasn't the result of a driver issue.

What version of Visual Basic? Old school 6.0? Not Visual Studio?

I have/use PaintShopPro as well, and I run it on Xp 64. It isn't supposed to work on Xp 64; but it does! The only program that I am aware of that doesn't run on Xp 64 - is flash player. But I haven't updated it yet - either. I understand there is a Xp 64 update for it - and I haven't updated yet. That'll take two minutes or less...

 

[Scott Taylor]

You might want to reconsider #3 (Delorme GPS) if you're wanting to share your GPS between apps using GpsGate or something similar. The Delorme LT-40 works great on Vista 64-bit, as well as GR3. However, I've hit a dead end trying to share the GPS as Delorme doesn't provide virtual device drivers for 64-bit Vista (you may be fine if you go 32-bit). So I've ordered a Garmin, should be here soon... I'll let you know how it goes.