Which version to choose?

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Good grief, I just went ahead an purchased Object Desktop Ultimate,
and notice in Impulse, there are 3 different versions of Skin Studio available to download.

I want to use OD on my Vista AND on my XP system, and my questions are these:
Should I just download SkinStudio 6 Professional, as I assume thats the latest and therefore best version?
And do I need to download a seperate version for installation on my offline XP machine?
(I am downloading and archiving to transport the programs per flashdrive to my offline machine).

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yes, you should....especially if you plan to use it. Take a look at the version and date it was last updated by SD. I don't understand why you'd need a different version on another machine unless in had little memory (on the Hdd), Ram and slow processor....unless I'm being really dense (happens all too frequently) and really didn't understand the thoughts behind your question.

Congrats on renewing! :sun:

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What I meant was, will the one downloaded version install on both Operating Systems (XP AND Vista)...

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The requirements are the same for all versions,as far as I can tell.

System Requirements
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Windows XP (32 bit)/Vista
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Minimum screen resolution: 1024 width and 768 height
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1GHz or faster processor recommended
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120MB free drive space
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512MB RAM
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yes sir!  :grin:  Hi Wiz!!

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

All versions of SkinStudio are compatible on any platform. Personally, I would either install SKS6 only, or SKS Pro & SKS6. SKS Pro will skin xp, whereas SKS6 will skin xp and Vista.

Some veteran skinners out there contend that a properly designed skin must be started in SKS Pro to design XP, then ported into SKS6 to finish off Vista.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok, thanks for the info guys (and/or gals).

There's never a thumbs-up Smiley when you need him...

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hello back atcha,Doc.:)

Congrats on your OD Ultimate purchase M-203. So many toys,so little time. :thumbsup:

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

There's never a thumbs-up Smiley when you need him...

:thumbsup: :congrat:

;)

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Dang, missed that "Next" button...

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Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Dang, missed that "Next" button...

It's okay... hang around here, and you'll learn the ropes pretty quickly! :thumbsup:

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Watch out for 'rope burn', m203... :grin:

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Some veteran skinners out there contend that a properly designed skin must be started in SKS Pro to design XP, then ported into SKS6 to finish off Vista.

 

That is because a few things don't work right in 6, hide start menu shadows as an example, so use Pro/5.5 and 6 or you need to know how to edit the XPStuff.xp file in note pad.