New computer that Vision DAW is building for me to run SONAR 8. I've heard so many conflicting (and assertive) opinions about which OS I should be using, I am confused. Thoughts, opinions, advice please?
8-Core Nehalem Xeon Server-Class Workstation
Custom 4U Rackmount Chassis w/10 Removeable Drive Bays
Dual Intel QUAD-Core Xeon X5570 - 2.93GHz, 8MB Cache, 6.4 GT/s Processors
Custom Nehalem Xeon Cooling
48GB DDR3 1333MHz Registered ECC Server Memory Modules
Adaptec 4-Port PIC-Express SATA Controller
20x DVD+/-RW Double Layer Optical Drive
Front Panel USB Access
Intergrated Firewire (1394a) Interface
Integrated DUAL Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, 896MB, PCI-Express, Dual-DVI Video Card
Using MOTU Midi Express x 2 (USB) for midi and MOTU 2408mkIII x 3 for audio.
We're still working out the hard drive configuration. It will be some combination of 2TB 7,200 RPM drives for storage and 300GB 10,000 RPM drives in a raid array for samples/streaming.
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XP Pro or Windows 7 Ultimate. Vista will work but 7 is better.
XP Pro or Windows 7 Ultimate. Vista will work but 7 is better.
Thanks. Is Win7 officially out and stable now? The were going
Thanks. Is Win7 officially out and stable now? The were going to include Windows Vista Business X64 with free upgrade to Win7.
Win7 is officially released in October I believe. I have been o
Win7 is officially released in October I believe. I have been on it since it was beta. I really never found any significant problems with it.
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i think they use the new windows 7..
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I've been using Windows 7 for a while now with no issues. Vista
I've been using Windows 7 for a while now with no issues. Vista has been a nightmare. XP is fine but slow in comparison. 7 does use a bit more resources though I think.
Windows 7 definitely. It will use you computer resources in the
Windows 7 definitely. It will use you computer resources in the best possible way.
XP can not use more than 4 GB of memory and Vista has some stability issues.
oversampling wrote: XP can not use more than 4 GB of memory and
Correction: XP 32 bit cannot address more than 3gig of ram for programs. Neither can Win7 32 bit.
A 64 bit OS whether XP, Vista, or Win 7 can address more ram than 4 gig.
According to Cakewalk's website they already support Win7 with S
According to Cakewalk's website they already support Win7 with SONAR 8.5
Operating System*
Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2 (32 and 64-bit), or Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit)