Aurora on VISTA 64 Bit

 

Aurora has not been tested on the Windows Server platform, but since XP 64 bit is actually more based on Server 2003 than XP... I don't anticipate there being a problem with 2003 Server.  Aurora is most likely not compatible with 2008 Server. 

 

As for hardware, I have noticed that Aurora runs faster (particularly with the spectral analysis on a new song) on a well built AMD system than an equivalent Intel system... but unless you are building your own PCs, an AMD system is less likely to fit the "well built" criteria since they find their way into too many budget systems with weak components used elsewhere.  I haven't followed the processor wars in a couple years, but I recall that at one point the AMD processors were faster at simultaneous floating point operations while the Intel processors were faster at integer math.  Since the spectral analysis extensively uses floating point operations I'm going to guess that is why the AMD chips seem to be better for that portion of Aurora.  Everywhere else it would be very difficult to tell the difference between AMD vs. Intel with Aurora.