Windows 7 or vista..?

[ianpengelly]

Seven is very good, even the RC1 seems pretty stable and most things work straigh after install. I have not found any software that doesn't work so far, but then I haven't tried that hard!

[poynton]

Why have you started a new thread when an identical thread is running ......

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/loung...-new-post.html


Even starts the same....

Windows 7 or vista..?

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Hi to all
I am planning to buy new laptop.But confused little which system to buy.So please share your experience so i can get some ideas.which one is better..?

Andy

[slam]

Have been using Windows 7 at work since RC comes out and didn't look back. 7 RC (and even late Betas) beat Vista in terms of usibility, performance and stabiliy. I was impressed enough that I started using Widnows 7 RC on my main home machine as well. I have updated to the final release since Sep and have been very happy so far.

I don't have first hand informtion on how it sounds yet since I haven't updated my music server, but I saw some MS engineers actively going to some pc audio forums to collect end user pain points (such as the kernel mixer issue) early in the development cycle (2-3 years ago) so I have some confidence in that front.

Vista was a rush job to get something out of the door from a project (Longhorn) that went seriously wrong. Windows 7 on the other hand was planned right and was very well executed. I am so glad that MS put Sinofsky on the driver seat for this release. The Sinofsky model definitely makes a difference here.

[Pano]

Originally Posted by planet10

don't know whether my BeOS disk is PPC or Intel (Intel needed)

I have a couple of old BeOS CDs here some where. Intel. Will see If I can find them.

[Speedskater]

But the "Lounge" seems like a strange place to find this topic.

[Shiyen]

I'm running Windows 7 64bit ed on my home computer, and it runs fine, havent had one single issue so far, I'm duel booting so once I get my win 7 drive set up I'll be cloning it to my main drive (have it running on my 3rd hdd right now) and Ill be done away with win xp.

Linux is nice, but I've found it has problems with allot of the audio software I run. And lets face it, Ubuntu Studio is nice, but it's not on the same level as the programs it tries to emulate.

And most regular computer users are not going to want to fight with their computer to get their drivers running, its bad enough in windows but toss in the difference of Linux and how it does things people don't want to be bothered with it.

[Tolu]

How good is Win7 for bitperfect audio playback (with digital out)?

[AndrewT]

Why is the 64bit a better system than the 32bit?

Will the 64bit run on all systems?

[MJL21193]

Originally Posted by AndrewT

Why is the 64bit a better system than the 32bit?

Will the 64bit run on all systems?

You need a 64 bit processor.
It's better because it's faster.

[5th element]

Originally Posted by AndrewT

Why is the 64bit a better system than the 32bit?

Will the 64bit run on all systems?

You need to have 64 bit compatible hardware, but most processors have been 64 bit compat for a while now.

With regards to your other hardware it mainly comes down to the drivers available. You'll have to check with the manufacturers website for 64 bit capable drivers. If there aren't any then you're stuck. I had to replace my wireless card when I went to 64 bit, and that was it, so not exactly that expensive to sort out.

As far as I understand it the main advantage of a 64 bit system is the way it handles memory, or more precisely it can handle a lot more. On a 32 bit system under XP the maximum amount of memory I can handle is around 3.3GB and this as far as I know is hardware limited. Under a 64 bit system you can reach far higher theoretical amounts of RAM, more then you'd ever need. And as far as I know this is software limited more then anything as the different versions of windows 7 come with different maximum caps on the amount of RAM they can handle.