will x2 work at all on xp?

ok bottom line.  will x2 run on xp at all.  I am going to upgrade to win 7 but wondering if I can get by on xp for a little while.  or will it totally suck?

chuckebaby


yes but don't use the x2 update.
the update wont even install on xp or vista.

youll be able to use it as some have said it works okay.

bottom line/straight up, theres your answer.

just keep in mind sonar doesn't support it and if you do come here to ask questions tell people first thing ur using xp.
it will narrow down a slew of results.

thanks.  I am not quite sure what you mean by the update.  I was planning on downloading x2 (the full version) and installing it.
     Thanks again

I'm not a Sonar pro by any means, but I will say this. I tried to use X2 on XP and the results were not very good. Your best bet is to bite the bullet and upgrade to at least Win7.

I have built a new machine specifically for Sonar with Win7 and have been happy so far. A few hair pullers, but I'm not entirely sure it's not in some part at least my fault.

The $99 deal is an upgrade price for the full version. If you take advantage of the deal, you will have the original X2 available for download in your store account (answer to part a). To update that version to X2a, you will have to download the X2a update patch.

FWIW, all Cakewalk upgrades are full versions of their produces. Upgrades refer to special prices for existing users. Updates are patches to a particular version.

HighAndDry 

...i recieved a letter giving me $99 price that ends today.
a.  will this be x2a?

No.  I took advantage of the same offer only 3 weeks ago and the version I downloaded was X2, not X2a.

Buy X2, but since you're indicating you already own and use X1, just keep using X1 until you upgrade to Windows7, which I profusely recommend asap, for better stability and security, but mostly, so that you'll get some real help from the forum if you have issues. I only have two pieces of hardware that are no longer supported in Windows 7 64-Bit: And EWS 88/D, which was a great product, and an Apogee mini-DAC, which Apogee simply outright refuses to support its USB capabilities.

If you have something keeping you from upgrading to Windows 7, aside from files and such, for example, old programs that don't affect Sonar's use, then I'd recommend a Dual-boot machine: Repartition the drive AFTER backing all your files up etc., install XP first, then install Windows 7 on the other partition, so that it will give you Dual-boot choices. I sis this for my transition. Good luck!!