VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 09 2020 - 16:21:37 CDT

Hi,
  VMD will run fine on all modern x86 CPU types. The only major limitation
for the existing 32-bit Windows builds is that they can only use 4GB of RAM
at once. Let us know if you need assistance with anything. I'm working
on setting up a build box for 64-bit Windows, but COVID has slowed
my efforts there since I'm under lockdown like everyone else. I'm preparing
another build box at home now.

Best,
  John

On Thu, Apr 09, 2020 at 04:44:24PM -0400, Alex Hummels wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I was looking into potentially installing VMD on a Windows laptop with a 64-bit operating system and x64-based processor. However, looking at the VMD website I see that 1.9.3 explicitly mentions 32-bit processor compatibility for Windows. I had only heard of issues with putting VMD on Macs with Catalina for this reason - would I not be able to install VMD on this Windows machine as well? I just wanted to ask and be sure before I download something that may not work in the first place.
>
> Best,
> Alex 

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