Just a quick question for you. I’ve learned that XP, which is about to come out, will not run Poser and it made me wonder about ZBrush.
Will ZBrush 1.23b run on XP, or will we have to wait for a future version of ZBrush for that?
I’m anxious to move to the new OS, as it appears to have solved the vast majority of the 9x problems (including better memory management even than 2000). But I’m not giving up ZBrush for a little thing like OS stability. 
Thanks!
I have been wondering the same thing, I want to get out of ME hell (thou it has been okay for me, except for th 512 mb limit) I will definitely NOT upgrade if by chance Zbrush will not run on it. I suspect that it will have not a problem.
I just took a look at the preview of Windows XP at http://www.microsoft.com.
Seems with every new release of MS Windows, it looks more and more like the Macintosh OS. :rolleyes: 
I just installed XP on my system this weekend (some newer systems have been coming out with it already). I loaded up ZBrush and it runs great. The demo version of poser also seems to run ok (just having too much fun with ZBrush to play around with it yet). So far the only incompatability I’ve come across is Roller Coaster Tycoon, and when set to win 95 compatability, it ran fine. Hope this helps.
what i herd XP is more for business use.
and it don’t work good with programs like graphic stuff.
im not 100 percent sure but i would check before making a change.
what works on some one system might NOT work on yours.
I will always stand on one statement.
Got graphics? Got Windows?
USE WIN2K Pro.
Anything else isn’t going to cut it…
My 2cents.
And I’m STILL waiting for MS to tell us WHY XP was necessary (outside of the .net movement creeping up our butts)
ZBrush runs on Windows XP, as well as any other version of Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, and 2000)
-ZuZu
I agree with Kathy. The heck with XP, at least for now. Win2K runs SMOOTH. It ain’t broke, so I ain’t fixin’ it!
Kathy and Nikko hit on a good point. From what I understand if you’re running W2k then the XP upgrade isn’t really necessary, but if you’re running anything less then XP is worth it. Anyone else hear (or see) similar stories?
Right on!
XP was nothing but a marketing game.
It wasn’t necessary.
If you want to upgrade from 98, go to Win2K.
Think Algorythms!! FAST FAST for graphics.
I switched to Win2K 9 months ago. I have not crashed once. NOT ONCE. And I push this baby.
An app may run on XP, but it ain’t gonna run as well as on Win2K.
All good points. Thank you, everyone.
I’m not sure about XP being inferior to 2K, though. My understanding is that it’s built upon the same kernel as NT and 2K, but is a step up even from that. Sort of a 95, 98, Me progression. Of course, if XP does for the NT line what Me didn’t do for the 9x line, then we should run and hide! LOL
But seriously, XP is built to support ungodly amounts of RAM and ultimately operate at 64 bits. The implications of that for the graphics world are mind-numbing. I’ve spoken with non-Microsoft people who’ve been beta testing XP for the last couple of years (remember “Whistler”? that was really XP), and they say that it is far more stable and powerful than Win2000. XP Professional is, anyway. So IF they are right about that, then it sounds like a great deal.
For anyone that’s interested, here’s some of the 411 on that:
"This section introduces Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, a high performance workstation aimed at those engaged in solving complex scientific problems, developing high-performance design and engineering applications, or creating 3-D animations.
"The 64-bit edition is designed to exploit the power and efficiency of the new Intel Itanium 64-bit (IA-64) processor. Most of the features and technologies of the 32-bit version of Windows XP are included in the 64-bit release (exceptions include infrared support, System Restore, DVD support, and mobile-specific features like hot-docking). The 64-bit version will also support most 32-bit applications through the WOW64 32-bit subsystem and will be capable of interoperating with Windows 32-bit systems. Both versions will run seamlessly on a network.
"Windows XP 64-Bit Edition provides a scalable, high-performance platform for a new generation of applications based on the Win64TM API. Compared to 32-bit systems, its architecture provides more efficient processing of extremely large amounts of data, supporting up to eight terabytes of virtual memory. With 64-bit Windows, applications can pre-load substantially more data into virtual memory to enable rapid access by the IA-64 processor. This reduces the time for loading data into virtual memory or seeking, reading, and writing to data storage devices, thus making applications run faster and more efficiently. The 64-bit version is built on the same programming model as the standard Win32 version, providing developers with a single code base.
"Windows XP 64-Bit Edition will especially benefit users in the following scenarios:
“Mechanical Design and Analysis. Manage gigabytes of data in floating point intensive applications.
Digital Content Creation. Complex 3-D graphics and animation, emerging HDTV and DTV that demand more computing power.
Other technical markets. Including financial, EDA, and other scientific or technical applications.”
But based on what you folks have so helpfully said, I’ll probably go Win2K for now, then upgrade to XP-64bit when it comes out later.
XP is fantastic, and I have no problems running the ZBrush demo on my XP machine. I will be switching my Win2k machine to XP as soon as its released.
edit/ OH, and by the way, XP is a graphics powerhouse. You should see UT scream! /edit
I’ve never tried 2K and only use NT at work on ancient machines, so I don’t know about them. At home I’ve been switching between ME and 98 first edition. ME resolved some random crashes I was having but game performance seemed slower (fiancee had different results with ME). So far XP is about 15-20% quicker than 98 and ME, and I haven’t crashed it once yet. Can’t speak about the other OS’s but for myself it seems a pretty good upgrade so far.
Have you crashed yet Tami? I’m going on 8 weeks without a reboot!
No crashes yet! I did lock up a program changing the video settings once (should have remembered from before that setting doesn’t work ;)), but I end tasked it and kept right on going. I turn my system off for the night every few days, but going 3 or 4 days without a crash is a big improvement!