64 bit vista + sony reader/cybook?

[iterati]

If there is option of SD card then you don't need any specific drivers in order to upload files to the device. The issues start in case they require to register their device using their software.
About the OSes now and what is best for everyone, one OS doesn't fit everything. One reason to move on to 64bit is requirements for more memory (example, on this one I use Vista64 with 8GiB).
The Hanlin/lbook/bebook doesn't require drivers, it's plug&play, connect via USB or use the including SD reader & transfer files.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by lewesian

The V64 system is specialist and a minority product (like XP64 or Mac) Sony have no current plans at present to make products compatible. To obtain more detail and find out what exactly VISTA 64 is and what it is for, please see the link below:

This is so not true. They should open a recent Best Buy flier and take a look at how many of those commodity laptops and desktops are shipping with Visa 64-bit. Looks like about 40%-50% to me. Also, Mac's are about 10% of current PC sales these days, in the US at least. I think Sony better get cracking. Heck, a 64-bit windows driver isn't much different than a 32-bit one code wise.

BOb

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Nobody knows, AFAIK, if the CyBook has a 64-bit USB driver, but I wouldn't bet on it.

I don't think it needs it. It presents itself to the computer as a standard USB Mass Storage device, and any OS that can handle those should be able to work with it. My Linux box certainly does.

[Slite]

Originally Posted by mbovenka

I don't think it needs it. It presents itself to the computer as a standard USB Mass Storage device, and any OS that can handle those should be able to work with it. My Linux box certainly does.

`Same with the BeBook, works without problems on 64-bit Vista, just comes up as a USB MSD and no problems copying books to it at all.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by mbovenka

I don't think it needs it. It presents itself to the computer as a standard USB Mass Storage device, and any OS that can handle those should be able to work with it. My Linux box certainly does.

Absolutely correct - the CyBook just mounts as two "USB Mass Storage" devices (one for the internal disk partition, the other for the SD card), and will work with any o/s.

[dpayment]

The only real advantage I can see to Sony's eBook Library software is that I can organize my books into collections. So far as I've been able to find out thus far, there doesn't appear to be a way to do this when copying the files directly to the internal memory or to memory cards, but maybe I've missed something. There's gotta be a file or something that tells the 505 that a collection exists and which books are part of that collection. Anybody have an idea on how I might be able to do this handraulicly? If it's just a matter of making entries in some onboard file, it'd make life so much easier.

Thanks,
Dan Payment
dpayment@hotmail.com

[igorsk]

Calibre can create collections.

[agentsmoth]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Microsoft refuses to allow unsigned drivers to run on 64-bit Vista. In other words you have to beg (and pay) them for the privilege of writing device drivers for their wonderful operating system. I suggest you get off the Microsoft train wreck ASAP.

Microsoft have been criticised for years for valuing backwards compatibility over security. Now they've made it hard for applications which violate guidelines (which have been in place for a long time) to run without either the UAC prompt appearing, or, in the case of the x64 OS versions, without the drivers (which, after all, are code running with the highest privileges) being signed. This gives increased stability and security, at a cost. You pay your money and you make your choice....

[agentsmoth]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The problem is that Microsoft makes it too difficult to support 64-bit Windows and thus, support it poor and if you choose to run a 64-bit Windows, then you most likely WILL NOT be able to run all the software you want to or use all the hardware you want to.

So the best solution is to stick with a 32-bit Windows.

I have five PCs in the house - three running 32-bit Vista, one running 64-bit Windows 2008 Server (and, via vmware, gentoo linux), and one running 64-bit Vista.

I've had very very few compatibility problems with the x64 operating systems. I've had none so far that haven't been easily to resolve. I came here because I had a problem installing the sony PRS-505 software - I didn't realise it's a x64 bit issue. I'm sure it'll be easy to resolve - as another poster has said, one can disable the requirement for driver signing.

In terms of the advantages of x64 Vista - it's definitely more stable. I don't mean that it crashes less often, but that there are a few oddities (which I've seen on many Vista x86 boxes) which simply don't occur on the x64 version (deleted files occasionally still appearing in folders until after a reboot, even though they're not really there etc.). In terms of performance, I don't see any significant difference really.

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by agentsmoth

Microsoft have been criticised for years for valuing backwards compatibility over security. Now they've made it hard for applications which violate guidelines (which have been in place for a long time) to run without either the UAC prompt appearing, or, in the case of the x64 OS versions, without the drivers (which, after all, are code running with the highest privileges) being signed. This gives increased stability and security, at a cost. You pay your money and you make your choice....

Yeah and the choice is not to support the OS.

[rjfarrell]

The Sony Library 2.5 now works with the Vista 64 system. I have it loaded No problems.