After Effects has been tested with Windows 7 and there are currently no known issues. Windows 7 looks to be a great OS to run After Effects.
I highly recommend the 64-bit editions for 2 main reasons. First, After Effects CS4 runs better on 64-bit operating systems, and second, After Effects CS4 will be the last 32-bit version of After Effects. I also highly recommend the Professional or Ultimate edition because the Home edition is limited to 8GB of ram.
Adobe has posted an FAQ discussing Creative Suite support for Microsoft Windows 7. For more detailed technical info, see the technote on "Installing and using Windows 7 with Adobe applications."
Im using Windows 7 (64bit) and After Effects CS4. All works extremely well. No issues with it at all. Runs like a dream.
I haven't seen "Home" sold anywhere. Maybe it's only for system manufacturers?
Most everyone seems to always get Home Premium or above. The 16GB RAM limit of Home Premium should be good enough for most people.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx
(section: Physical Memory Limits: Windows 7)
I forgot to mention, I'm also on Windows 7 x64 Home Premium.
I've already completed a 1m30s segment with After Effects that took several hours to finish. I had no issues at all (rock solid).
I honsetly didn't see any problems comming though. I didn't have issues with AE CS4 on Vista x64 Home Premium and Windows 7 is just Vista refined.
[Thanks for the report! -- MC]
Hi,
I'm running AE CS4 on Win7 64bit, on a core i7 machine with 12Gb of Ram.
For some reason though, AE recognizes only 4 cores, instead 8 cores.
Any ideas why and how to fix it?