Well 2gb isnt that,much and it is likely that he/she has a bad(probably integrated) graphics card in their laptop. On Feb 24, 2011 8:56 AM, "donn" <donn.ingle@...155...> wrote: > > Hello, > I am posting on behalf of a friend who is stuck on Win7 pro (64 bit I > think). He installed the latest Inkscape (as of about Jan 2011) and he > cannot use it at all. His laptop is pretty powerful with min 2gigs of > RAM; hell, it makes my desktop look like a block of wood! > > It's very slow to draw, to drag around or zoom. There are no advanced > filters, or anything complex, being used - even a blank file with a > single line in it cannot be edited. > > I am asking if there are any windows "tips" for using Inkscape? Is there > some kind of "XP mode" or some advice re 64bit/32bit or maybe some > graphic driver tips? Perhaps there are known clashes with other fancy > windows software - like a colour enhancer (he has some kind of thing > that makes his colours brighter on his laptop). > > Anyone have a clue what I could suggest to him? > > Thanks, > \d > >

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Also, i have win7 64 and it runs fine.. But ive not had any real issues with it in the past on my other machines On Feb 24, 2011 9:21 AM, "Matt Hines" <matt.0f.h@...155...> wrote: > he* > On Feb 24, 2011 9:21 AM, "Matt Hines" <matt.0f.h@...155...> wrote: >> Well 2gb isnt that,much and it is likely that he/she has a bad(probably >> integrated) graphics card in their laptop. >> >> On Feb 24, 2011 8:56 AM, "donn" <donn.ingle@...155...> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> I am posting on behalf of a friend who is stuck on Win7 pro (64 bit I >>> think). He installed the latest Inkscape (as of about Jan 2011) and he >>> cannot use it at all. His laptop is pretty powerful with min 2gigs of >>> RAM; hell, it makes my desktop look like a block of wood! >>> >>> It's very slow to draw, to drag around or zoom. There are no advanced >>> filters, or anything complex, being used - even a blank file with a >>> single line in it cannot be edited. >>> >>> I am asking if there are any windows "tips" for using Inkscape? Is there >>> some kind of "XP mode" or some advice re 64bit/32bit or maybe some >>> graphic driver tips? Perhaps there are known clashes with other fancy >>> windows software - like a colour enhancer (he has some kind of thing >>> that makes his colours brighter on his laptop). >>> >>> Anyone have a clue what I could suggest to him? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> \d >>> >>> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in >>> Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT >> data >>> generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, >> virtual >>> or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business >>> insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Inkscape-user mailing list >>> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

-----Original Message----- From: donn [mailto:donn.ingle@...155...] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:24 PM To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape on Windows 7 pro 64 bit - very slow, unusable. On 24/02/2011 16:52, Rob Antonishen wrote: > I still haven't found the source of the problem but I'm guessing it is > windows 7 64 itself. I was afraid it might be. (His video card and stuff is all top-notch (he plays games a lot) so I

the issue.) Is there some kind of XP mode that he can try run Inkscape under?

64 bit install