[ddots-l] Re: JFW 12
- From: "Mike Tyo" <mtyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:45:46 -0400
Bryan,
You won't get any argument from me there. My DAW's working fine on the
system; and given my situation as it is, I will indeed wait a bit because
I'll have to upgrade practically everything in order to accommodate the OS.
I was extremely fortunate to have friends who invested in my current
equipment as they needed someone to do production for their duo. The payment
for that work was that I would do a set amount of tracks. This arrangement
has worked very well for both sides. They're very conscientious about the
need to keep current with things. We're just going to have to wait and see
how things play out in the immediate future.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Smart" <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:20
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: JFW 12
Mike, many people share your situation. XP has proven to be stable. It's
really had most all of the bugs worked out by this point. Windows 7 is
better in just about every way, from performance, to its built-in automatic
maintenance features that take care of housekeeping that you used to do by
hand, to vastly improved security. For anyone getting a new DAW, we
absolutely suggest that you start out fresh with Windows 7. Lots of audio
gear and software combinations can be recommended now that will yield fast
and stable performance on Windows 7. For people with an existing XP-based
DAW, though, you probably want to wait until you upgrade your equipment
before changing OSes. The OS change, particularly when dealing with
scenarios like working with DAW equipment and software, leads you down a
trail of making sure that you have components that not only work, but work
well together, that you have the correct firmware and driver versions for
everything, plus the delays of re-installing and reconfiguring an OS,
drivers, and software. If you have a DAW builder do the work for you, it
will mean down time. If you do it yourself, it will mean even longer down
time. In either, case, if your DAW is making you money, that will mean that
you'll be out of business for a bit. At least with regard to a DAW, unless
you're just technically adventurous, it's probably best to just save all of
this for a full equipment and software refresh every second or third year,
in order to keep the chaos to a minimum.
Bryan
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