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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Hauber" data-source="post: 90994" data-attributes="member: 272">Re: Windows VersionIs there anything forcing us (as sound professionals) to move from WinXP?&nbsp; I can understand that with new machines you&#039;re stuck with whatever windows is on it as XP probably wouldn&#039;t install on them due to lack of drivers.But I&#039;m wondering if anyone has found a pro-audio application that is Win7 or 8 only?I&#039;m predominantly Linux, with MacOS a close second, and XP probably only 10% of work-related computing.&nbsp; I run it mostly in a Parallels on mac or Virtualbox on Linux but do actually have a Pentium4 machine with XP on it for some fussy serial-port related legacy applications.&nbsp; I&#039;ve switched to Libre Office and OpenOffice so documents now move freely between platforms and I&#039;ve had no issues interfacing with the outside world and it&#039;s MS Office addiction. &nbsp;Google Chrome has made working on the web easy at no matter what machine I&#039;m sitting at too.Linux (Debian) makes you forget how old the machine it&#039;s running on really is so you suddenly don&#039;t find yourself buying new hardware often.&nbsp; I get reasonably current laptops and desktops off eBay regularly that are quite capable but cheap because they lack HD&#039;s and OS&#039;s.&nbsp; And the stack of XP COA numbers gleaned from the stickers on all of them give me an inexhaustible supply of legal valid numbers for virtual machines.One reason I&#039;ve stuck with XP is that it has taken me this long just to get used to it and understand it in a deep enough way for service and troubleshooting.&nbsp; It has become quite stable and &quot;just works&quot; now.&nbsp; When it comes to a new MS OS, I don&#039;t even know where to begin:Windows 7 UltimateWindows 7 SP1 Professional 64bitWindows 7 SP1 Professional 32bitWindows 7 SP1 Home Premium 64bitWindows 7 SP1 Home Premium 32bit-then add-in the &quot;Upgrade&quot; vs &quot;Full&quot;-then &quot;OEM&quot; vs &quot;Retail&quot; Now add in Windows 8 in just as many flavors!!-And don&#039;t forget Vista is floating around out there still too!!!Is anyone actually wondering why people like me have clung to XP as long as we have?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Craig Hauber, post: 90994, member: 272"] Re: Windows Version Is there anything [I]forcing[/I] us (as sound professionals) to move from WinXP? I can understand that with new machines you're stuck with whatever windows is on it as XP probably wouldn't install on them due to lack of drivers. But I'm wondering if anyone has found a pro-audio application that is Win7 or 8 only? I'm predominantly Linux, with MacOS a close second, and XP probably only 10% of work-related computing. I run it mostly in a Parallels on mac or Virtualbox on Linux but do actually have a Pentium4 machine with XP on it for some fussy serial-port related legacy applications. I've switched to Libre Office and OpenOffice so documents now move freely between platforms and I've had no issues interfacing with the outside world and it's MS Office addiction. Google Chrome has made working on the web easy at no matter what machine I'm sitting at too. Linux (Debian) makes you forget how old the machine it's running on really is so you suddenly don't find yourself buying new hardware often. I get reasonably current laptops and desktops off eBay regularly that are quite capable but cheap because they lack HD's and OS's. And the stack of XP COA numbers gleaned from the stickers on all of them give me an inexhaustible supply of legal valid numbers for virtual machines. One reason I've stuck with XP is that it has taken me this long just to get used to it and understand it in a deep enough way for service and troubleshooting. It has become quite stable and "just works" now. When it comes to a new MS OS, I don't even know where to begin: Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 SP1 Professional 64bit Windows 7 SP1 Professional 32bit Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium 64bit Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium 32bit -then add-in the "Upgrade" vs "Full" -then "OEM" vs "Retail" Now add in Windows 8 in just as many flavors!! -And don't forget Vista is floating around out there still too!!! Is anyone actually wondering why people like me have clung to XP as long as we have? [/QUOTE]

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