In a message dated 7/3/2007 4:08:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
perboysen@gmail.com writes:
If
everything works under XP I would never update to Vista. If you
want
to make music with the help of computers the golden rule is to
never
change a working system. That's the attitude we all have to our
musical instruments and that's the secret of getting good at playing
them.
I totally agree with this. I actually had Vista (came with a new computer I
purchased) and at the time almost no one save Motu supported it. Most music
specialty companies have come online with driver support in the last 4
months but I still wouldn't want the hassle of all the uncertain configuration
issues with the OS itself. I am thinking it will take another 1-2 years or so to
get the OS bugs worked out of the system itself via Microsoft. Of course we have
to allot the necessary time needed to give the industry music computer
engineers and developers a chance to tweak the Vista system for
optimum compatibility and performance.
There is one KILLER advantageous feature that Vista offers however. USB
Plug n play virtual RAM. Now *that* smokes! Can you imagine a laptop with 2 gig
of maxed ram becoming a 4 or 6 gig system in an instant? An elephant ain't
the only beasty in the local jungle soon destined to never
forget.
