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Could use some input on a build please
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03-04-2009 1:18pm#1
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I had thought about that option but im not sure if the programs he is using or some of the external devices will be ok with vista or not so i wanted to play it safe and use xp.
Personally i use vista myself and love it.
But my brother is only computer literate to the extent of using music programs so i didnt want to dump vista onto him
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I had thought about that option but im not sure if the programs he is using or some of the external devices will be ok with vista or not so i wanted to play it safe and use xp.
Personally i use vista myself and love it.
But my brother is only computer literate to the extent of using music programs so i didnt want to dump vista onto him:D
There's not much future, if any, support wise for Xp 64 these days though.
A small note on the hard disk, for the sake of €10 more you could replace that 250GB with a 750GB.0 -
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Get a second hard drive, as I think either Cubase, or something else needs to "bounce" the music onto another hard drive. Not sure why: mate has to do it when doing the music for his album.
Well i can without a doubt say my bro's programs dont need to do that as he only has 1 drive in the machine he currently has. Been using it for years now.
But again, keep the advice coming! I dont wanna make a balls of this present!
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Don't even try to compare regular XP to XP64. The latter is rough as hell and is far more unstable and stuck up about drivers ("I don't like you *chipset driver*! I'm not going to work!") than Vista ever was. The difference is that the issues with Vista are slowly being resolved while XP64 remains a messed-up prototype. Its based on server OS and doesn't like being dragged into non-server situations I'm afraid.
XP32 >> Vista32
XP64 <<<< Vista 64
And given Vista 64 < XP32, that's really saying something!
If you can live with 3.25GB RAM then stick with XP Pro 32, if you can't then until W7 hits retail Vista 64 is the only (Microsoft) game in town. The vast majority of stuff works nowadays and modern PCs actually have the power to run Vista fairly smoothly so it isn't like saying "Go Vista!" 18 months ago - that most certainly would have been fail But now that most of the kinks have been worked out and the drivers are there... Very strange hardware is much more likely to throw it than any oddball software (as abusing compatibiliyy modes sorts most problems) and I don't see anything odd on that list. What stuff are you carrying over? 0 -
Don't even try to compare regular XP to XP64. The latter is rough as hell and is far more unstable and stuck up about drivers ("I don't like you *chipset driver*! I'm not going to work!") than Vista ever was. The difference is that the issues with Vista are slowly being resolved while XP64 remains a messed-up prototype. Its based on server OS and doesn't like being dragged into non-server situations I'm afraid.
XP32 >> Vista32
XP64 <<<< Vista 64
And given Vista 64 < XP32, that's really saying something!
If you can live with 3.25GB RAM then stick with XP Pro 32, if you can't then until W7 hits retail Vista 64 is the only (Microsoft) game in town. The vast majority of stuff works nowadays and modern PCs actually have the power to run Vista fairly smoothly so it isn't like saying "Go Vista!" 18 months ago - that most certainly would have been fail But now that most of the kinks have been worked out and the drivers are there... Very strange hardware is much more likely to throw it than any oddball software (as abusing compatibiliyy modes sorts most problems) and I don't see anything odd on that list. What stuff are you carrying over?
I agree with you about vista. I run vista 64-Bit myself on my gaming rig.
Just talked to my bro, the version of cubase he uses is kinda old "cubase se" and it wont run on vista. He can upgrade but its kinda pricy.
Other than that his external sound card is a motu 828 mk2 which isnt even on the motu website anymore. Gonna have to mail them and ask about a vista 64-bit driver.0 -
Don't even try to compare regular XP to XP64. The latter is rough as hell and is far more unstable and stuck up about drivers ("I don't like you *chipset driver*! I'm not going to work!") than Vista ever was. The difference is that the issues with Vista are slowly being resolved while XP64 remains a messed-up prototype. Its based on server OS and doesn't like being dragged into non-server situations I'm afraid.
XP32 >> Vista32
XP64 <<<< Vista 64
And given Vista 64 < XP32, that's really saying something!
If you can live with 3.25GB RAM then stick with XP Pro 32, if you can't then until W7 hits retail Vista 64 is the only (Microsoft) game in town. The vast majority of stuff works nowadays and modern PCs actually have the power to run Vista fairly smoothly so it isn't like saying "Go Vista!" 18 months ago - that most certainly would have been fail But now that most of the kinks have been worked out and the drivers are there... Very strange hardware is much more likely to throw it than any oddball software (as abusing compatibiliyy modes sorts most problems) and I don't see anything odd on that list. What stuff are you carrying over?
Better not to get xp64
Getting drivers is hard enough even now.
In a years time it's gonna be even harder!0 -
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