OPERATING SYSTEMS [COMPUTER STUFF]

I'm still running XP with SP3 and it still works like a charm ...
I never felt any need to update to Vista ... in fact I stayed well away from it .

This is true. I was using Cubase on my laptop the other day without VST instrument freeze (i.e. all effects applied to the tracks were being processed in real time). I could have made some perfectly fine scrambled egg on it at that point.

I'm sure Justin could confirm this.

Good to hear the update, D. Might try it myself (after all, a top-tier system is clearly required for all the highly-complex tasks I undertake, such as sending emails and browsing this forum).

Well, you prefer it over what?

This new system, through the reviews - and the current things i am seeing in front of me, seems to have FINALLY patched the holes of a rushed system like VISTA which didn't take full advantage of the current new hardware OR the latest directx10 and 11 in 7 which make all the difference.

Are you benchmarking against Vista or against XP, D.?

You said it was faster.
I was just wondering what it was faster than.

I have no experience with Vista. As stated before in another thread, I tend to always skip one OS version. XP to Vista yielded no benefits while greatly increasing hardware requirements and compromising user autonomy.

That Windows 7 seems faster seems a good step forwards, but if it's just faster than Vista it doesn't really mean much, especially on an already insanely specced machine like yours. At this point it seems like a good step for an audio or video professionals or people who are seriously moving into high-end home entertainment.

Well, what kind of PC do you have James?

Martijn, the choice of O.S. comes down to 2 things:

1) what kind of pc one has
2) what do you want to USE it for.

If you have under 3 gb of ram and a graphics card that doesn't support directx10 (i.e. a graphic card bought pre-2006 or so) and you use your pc for OFFICE-like applications, movie viewing, browsing the net and listening to music, then you DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE THAN XP SP3.

The biggest pro for someone who IS not into gaming or video / audio editing and stuff, as to change to a newer OS other than the XP SP3 is features. There's a ton of them which i can't really write down here, but which are even more in the new O.S, Windows 7, which ultimately make life easier; the most important being the fact that you don't need to keep tons of cd's and dvd's with device drivers anymore, as long as you're connected to the net (who isn't these days?), vista and 7 find the latest drivers for all your pc's devices and peripherals and installs it automatically without even asking you which is pretty, pretty neat. You just pop the dvd in, format, and let the rest to the o.s.

But other than that, if you're not into this category of users and / or your pc isn't that much up to date, there's no need to upgrade from XP SP3.

Believe me, if you perform a new install (as in format, not upgrade) and maintain a good level of pc performance via registry cleaning and disk defragment which are absolutely ESSENTIAL to any pc, any O.S., you'll be impressed with that the new 7 can do with your specs. I didn't believe it at first and i am usually anti-ms, but this version i am running here - despite the fact that it's a beta, it really shows they've done their homework.

See, that's EXACTLY the kind of semi-useful crap that will trip you up every single time.
Drivers and updates installed without even WARNING?
That shit caused a near stand-still on the home PC front when XP SP2 was released (and pretty much destroyed every machine it touched). The same thing happened with the third security update from Vista, which kicked people off the web (and guess how hard it is getting another driver automatically installed if you're not online?)

UGH!

That's the FIRST feature that will be turned off, should I upgrade (which is unlikely I will do unless my PC dies or XP reaches its supportability end of life ).

^ Well you can always change the drivers afterwards, piece of cake. And you can very easily NOT be on the net whilst installing it for the first time so it won't find the drivers. But believe me, i have tons of professional video / audio peripherals around here and i never had problem with the drivers vista loads...it just make my life easier 'cause as a gamer and editor, i continuously tweak my pc and need fast times and convenience.

THere's always the other way around if you don't like the default strategies anyway but not having to install all the drivers for all the goddamn things on my pc every single time, is GOD-esque.

The general question I have is how can I put up an audio clip on this site?????????????????
Thomas

I go to this rapidshare and download the clip I've made?

So if I want to put up a small audio clip for everyone to guess from what movie I can do it. With the program audition I can make it pretty small. What MP3 size should I use?
Thomas