michael diemer
Maybe a bit off topic, but just to lend some moral support: This is another example of "progress" gone awry. Vista is a damn good OS, in fact it is my favorite.

... and I am here for counciling.

robert_e_bone
Vlada - I'll look and see if I have a Vista x-64 product key in an hour or two.
 
Bob Bone
 

 32 bit will work fine if you aren't running orchestra type virtual instruments and only 4GM RAM. Run Sonar 8.5 and go old school. A lot of those old Sonar Daws are still pretty good.  Core 2 Duos are still very functional.

Doktor Avalanche

michael diemer
Maybe a bit off topic, but just to lend some moral support: This is another example of "progress" gone awry. Vista is a damn good OS, in fact it is my favorite.

... and I am here for counciling.

I believe you meant "counseling." Unless you plan to run for City Council.

My concern is the drivers. Are they OS specific or not, meaning if the drivers on the Dell web site are for 32 bit, will they be compatible with 64 bit system?
 
I like Vista as well. I used it for 6 years. But Sonar 8 has these small icons- the transport and the entire top part of the program looks nothing like what I used to with SP3 and up. I have Sonar 8.8 installed right now on that SSD drive that I put in to the desktop (from the lap top). Sonar 8.5 looks awful compared to platinum. But that is ok, we will use it if we have to. I just wonder why the Helix Phonic drops out and disconnects and why it has such a hard time to wake up from sleep- it pretty much freezes after I try to wake it up and I have to power it off and restart.

I've got a full Win 8 pro licence you could have. I have 3 computers and when win 8 was offered for $39 I bought 3 licences but I only ever used 1 and now I'm on Win 10.

FWIW - I got Music Creator 7 cheaply (very cheaply ... Steam sale upgrade from MC6) ( ... and despite having Sonar X3(Steam) and Platinum(Cakewalk)) ... I wanted to test something out on an old Vista 32bit system I've got ...
 
It appears to work fine.

Mudgel, this is very generous, thank you. I had Windows 7 upgraded to 10 on one of my old computers and it worked well, but I dont think I will be able to make Phonic Helix drivers work on Win 8, also Dell only lists Vista drivers for this model of computer. Looks like I may have to keep Vista.

Vlada - is the processor for that computer a 64-bit processor?  If not, then you cannot install a 64-bit OS.
 
Bob Bone
 

Hey, guys
 
Yes, the processor should support 64 bit OS. I installed Vista 64 bit, thank you, Bob, for your great help. You are amazing friend.
 
The issue I have is that it only goes up to Internet Explorer 9, and it says, "unsupported browser" everywhere- I can not even view Cakewalk web site. But oh, well- it will not be on line any way.
 
So I have to decide- should I install X3, X2, X1, P8? I hear you saying- X3 was working, but I have my doubts. I had X1 installed on XP system and it worked but it had issues such as constant crashes and freezes- I can not deal with it. Plus- I have 120 Gb SSD which after Windows updates has 84 Gb left. I dont want to install something and then uninstall- it may still hold the space. So it has to be right the first time. Any suggestions?
 
Thank you.

michael diemer
I believe you meant "counseling." Unless you plan to run for City Council.

Right I'm taking you off the benefits list and I'm going on strike ;)