Do I need this update if I'm still using W7?

Non-OS specific updates in Gloucester http://www.cakewalk.com/S...-Workflow-Enhancements

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What hardware was this version tested on? "fully tested" is a bit bold with all due respect. 

All hardware! 

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What hardware was this version tested on? "fully tested" is a bit bold with all due respect. 

It's Windows 10 certified... so draw your own conclusions on the basis of this (plus no doubt the usual QA cycles within Cakewalk, whatever that is):
https://msdn.microsoft.co.../desktop/hh749939.aspx
 

Raises an interesting question though, a lot of the cakewalk plugis will probably not be windows 10 certified if you read the specs (link above). For starters "it must be a standalone app", so vast majority of plugins would fail by default. The plugins that do run standalone it would be interesting to hear if they actually pass these tests...
 
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I just don't subscribe to 100% tested as a statement of confidence without qualifying what 100% means. "We have certified to 100% of our Design Verification Standards", would be how I'd post it. In software, we've learned in the past that even the most heavily tested software isn't perfect by any means, but is highly unlikely to draw issues for expected less than 1% of users. Even so, hardware is so diverse, that even IEEE standards are never perfectly implemented. Microsoft can't honestly say their software is perfect yet so I couldn't imagine Sonar being perfect in Windows8.1, let alone 10. With that said, I'm glad to see Cakewalk preemptively giving Windows10 a thumbs up and with some bonus points!!  Well done!!

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I just don't subscribe to 100% tested as a statement of confidence without qualifying what 100% means. "We have certified to 100% of our Design Verification Standards", would be how I'd post it. In software, we've learned in the past that even the most heavily tested software isn't perfect by any means, but is highly unlikely to draw issues for expected less than 1% of users. Even so, hardware is so diverse, that even IEEE standards are never perfectly implemented. Microsoft can't honestly say their software is perfect yet so I couldn't imagine Sonar being perfect in Windows8.1, let alone 10. With that said, I'm glad to see Cakewalk preemptively giving Windows10 a thumbs up and with some bonus points!!  Well done!!

You are doing the rest of the testing.
Cheers...

BTW "Fully tested" <> Tested everywhere.  It just means all the tests have been run. In theory it could be just one test (although of course it isn't). We don't know what Cakewalks internal processes are, doesn't matter anyway. All we should care about is the end result.

The computer the software was compiled on ran perfectly with its connected hardware for the tests conducted?

I downloaded Windows 10 seems much faster less sluggish I will be testing out Gloucester in Platinum and see how that is with windows 10. I didn't have to update my focusrite nor turn it off for windows 10 to perform. This maybe the best move yet. Will wait and see how platinum fairs now so hopefully it will be good.