what's the verdict on windows vista+music software

matamatic

I heard that some software doesn't work in vista and that you'd be better off sticking to xp. How true is that? I want to upgrade but if it's gonna be a problem I'll just wait...

catalist

You should upgrade.......















































TO A MAC.

RAJ

You should upgrade.......















































TO A MAC.

While I would heartily agree upon this... all is not peachy with Leopard and drivers for music software.

I have a m-audio recording interafce that did not have an available Leopard driver when Leopard was release... which is way wack.

catalist

Yea I don't know about Leopard either...

I am on 10.4.8 and I will stay there for as long as I can... everything works great for me. I have the last generation of G5 before they switched to Intel chips.

billbradley

You should stick with XP. XP will run faster than Vista on just about every machine.

matamatic

actually I was thinking of getting a cpu with vista and then downgrading to Xp...

DOR

Like I've stated before. I'm actually enjoying Vista. No real problems as of yet. Minor bugs that didn't really faze me. Nothing more than I'm finding using leopard anyways.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC was rls'd to the public today. Not that I'll update just yet. I'll wait for the final rls.

billbradley

I'm really curious to see how much SP1 improves Vistas performance.

DOR

I'm pretty sure that unless it blows fire out it's ass, most won't be impressed. It was the same with XP. It wasn't until after SP1 & even SP2 that it started to get a bit of respect.

DJ_Enki

I'm really curious to see how much SP1 improves Vistas performance.

Not much, apparently.

billbradley

I'm really curious to see how much SP1 improves Vistas performance.

Not much, apparently.

Why am I not surprised?

DOR

I'm really curious to see how much SP1 improves Vistas performance.

Not much, apparently.

Yeah, but to be honest. That was written about a month ago. RTM...

Even on this RC rls, things could change on the final release.

Plus, speeds have greatly improved on things like networking & file transfer speeds.

holmes

I just got a new laptop with vista after having xp for a few years prior. I like it, apparently itunes & vista aren't totally speaking the same language yet, but I've had no probs thus far.

drewnice

I have a m-audio recording interafce that did not have an available Leopard driver when Leopard was release... which is way wack.

It's a crime that M-Audio hasn't resolved this yet. Looks like there's a workaround for MIDI devices, but that's only half of what I need.

verb606

I have a m-audio recording interafce that did not have an available Leopard driver when Leopard was release... which is way wack.

It's a crime that M-Audio hasn't resolved this yet. Looks like there's a workaround for MIDI devices, but that's only half of what I need.

Is this for all M-Audio interfaces, or just some?

I'll have to change my computer upgrade plans if it's all of them.

drewnice

I have a m-audio recording interafce that did not have an available Leopard driver when Leopard was release... which is way wack.

It's a crime that M-Audio hasn't resolved this yet. Looks like there's a workaround for MIDI devices, but that's only half of what I need.

Is this for all M-Audio interfaces, or just some?

I'll have to change my computer upgrade plans if it's all of them.

M-Audio Welcomes Arrival of Mac OS X Leopard
M-Audio works closely with Apple to ensure future support of new operating system

M-Audio has a history of quickly bringing the benefits of significant new advancements in computer technology to the pro audio community???from the advent of USB and FireWire to the release of Mac OS X. We are working closely with Apple to ensure that our products and technologies will support Mac OS X Leopard.

Due to the nature of software and driver development, we are not able to provide exact dates for when specific drivers will become available???but please rest assured that supporting Leopard is a top priority for us. As soon as Leopard drivers or updates for any product become available, our Web site will be immediately updated to reflect this.

If you choose to install Leopard on your system before your M-Audio product has been qualified for use with the new OS, please be aware that your M-Audio device may not function properly. Please continue to check M-Audio.com for updates.

Beatsoup

Vista will eventually be better for audio but right now it lacks support. Quite a bit of software still isn't compatible but Vista does have much better audio driver and routing capabilities offering lower latency then xp. From what I've heard though developers have been slow to jump on board and so almost everyone is sticking with xp.

Also there is the speed issue, vista is a pig. I wonder how it runs with all the display settings and graphics turned down though.

matamatic

just found out my presonus sound card has vista drivers.... Damn I want to buy something but I haven't even got any x-mas gifts yet. AND my cars service light is on... 2 weeks after I got my regular service from the dealer. SUCKS>>

kidinquisitive

We got an Acer laptop a few months ago that has Vista on it. I don't know if it's the operating system or something else, but if I try to listen to music on this thing you can hear all kinds of digital clicks and pops. Basically this computer is useless for playing audio unless I ever figure out what's causing the problem. Anyone else ever have that experience?