Windows 7 - anyone using?

Hi,

There have been a few postings on here concerning Windows 7, pretty much all of it very positive.
There's a thread here with a few comments in, including my own.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=1769661&mpage=1&key=�

Thanks,

Eric

I only ran a smallish test just opening up an older project seeing if it would even play. It played. That was the extent of my Sonar/Win 7 test. But I wouldn't have been able to do even that if Sonic Core hadn't just released updated Vista drivers for their Scope cards. So Dave's comment rings true. Also found out that my iLok wouldn't work and Pace had no formal word on when they would have updated drivers for Win7 so that was pretty much the end of that for the time being.

The little bit of poking around I did only added to some confusion about the GUI and the placement of features. The move from XP to Vista seemed less confusing to me (I'm still using XP for audio work). With Win7, I had a harder time finding often used commands, icons and features that I was used to in XP. Vista seemed more like XP with a lot of window dressing. Win 7 seems more like a departure from the old ways of doing things (interface-wise). I assumed it was just an adjustment period - getting used to the new way of doing things vs. the old way. There seems to be a lot to like about Win7 and if it's a step in the right direction for us as DAW users then great. I'm all for it. If it's much to do about nuthin' (kinda what Vista seemed like to me personally), then oh well. I fall into the camp of those who don't have any issue at all with XP. But I'm not a power user.

MOTU 2408 mk3 and Windows 7 64 bit/Sonar 32 bit working well here, so far.

Mahlon

Also, keep in mind that you will not be able to upgrade to Windows7 from XP. You have to do a clean installation meaning you will have to backup all your data and reinstall all of your apps. So if you install it now, you'll have to do it again once the Windows7 RC license runs out which I think is in March 2010. What I plan to do is to get another disk drive and install Windows7 on the new drive and make my old system drive a d: drive until I'm sure I've moved everything over to the new system. That way I'll be able to boot from the XP drive if there's any apps that won't work. You may not need to do that if you get Windows7 Professional because it has a version of XP that will run on a Virtual Machine, assuming your computer has the right processor.

ORIGINAL: daveny5

Also, keep in mind that you will not be able to upgrade to Windows7 from XP. You have to do a clean installation meaning you will have to backup all your data and reinstall all of your apps. So if you install it now, you'll have to do it again once the Windows7 RC license runs out which I think is in March 2010. What I plan to do is to get another disk drive and install Windows7 on the new drive and make my old system drive a d: drive until I'm sure I've moved everything over to the new system. That way I'll be able to boot from the XP drive if there's any apps that won't work. You may not need to do that if you get Windows7 Professional because it has a version of XP that will run on a Virtual Machine, assuming your computer has the right processor.

Oh, good grief! A few weeks ago I spent days installing all my stuff on my new DAW. I don't think I'l have the energy to do all that again for some time! Another reason to wait a year!

John

Weird that the 828 is not working. My 2408 mk3 is working fine with Windows 7 64 and Vista 64 drivers. I'm running Sonar 32 bit, though, at the moment.

Mahlon

I almost fell for the special offer ($$ savings on Win7) but decided to wait for a year or so  because of financial reasons and hardware driver concerns and also because what I'm currently using (XP with Quad Core PC) all works great, superduper fabulously awesomely fast. What I wish it could do for my wife and I is the housework, cook and hand out meals, bring out the snacks, brew fresh pots of coffee and tea and clean up afterward.... can Win7 do all that? :-P ;-)

Hi John.  Here's what I posted in that other thread Eric linked to:

I have Windows 7 RC 32-bit running on a test machine. SONAR 8 PE 8.3 runs fine.

I really like Win 7 so far.

Be aware that you asked in your question about Windows 7 Beta.  They are well past that, to the free RC (release candidate).  And there was a press release in mid July that said OEM versions were already being sent to PC manufacturers so that the new OS will be ready for sale on machines when actually released in October.

Running Sonar 8.3.1 with Windows 7 RC. I also use Sonar with an M-Audio 1814 Firewire Audio device. The drivers are available as public beta at the m-audio site. ASIO works fine . WDM works fine except for a few quirks.

My PC runs Intel i7 Quad 2.6 (8 cores with hyperthreading) and currently have 6 GB of DDR3 ram for the time being.

So far so good!! and this is all beta testing environment. I cant wait for when Windows 7 is all out and the full m-audio drivers.

I run windows 7 on my mac with sonar on it. Runs perfectly.

Am running Windows 7 and Vista Ultimate (dual-boot) on my new Laptop and I'm TOTALLY IMPRESSED.  Sonar works great with it too.  I've been a DIE-HARD Mac User for years and normally always use my G5 system for recording - set up my interface, drivers, some software, etc on the laptop and Windows 7  is really a beautiful OS.  First Windows version to impress me.  Hell since I installed 7 I haven't used my Mac at all - I might switch back! 

strangedogs


Hell since I installed 7 I haven't used my Mac at all - I might switch back! 

I'm looking forward to the "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" commercials after Windows 7 comes out.  Oh wait a second...no I'm not - those commercials are annoying and the Mac guy is a bigger dork than the PC guy is - who do they think they're kidding?

But, on a serious and related note, I pre-ordered W7 for both my desktop and laptop and am getting a little anxious for it (currently on Vista Ultimate/Home Premium, both 32-bit).  I'm a bit concerned to hear that the MOTU drivers aren't up to snuff on 64-bit because I'm intending to reformat my system drives and start fresh with 64-bit installations.  Hopefully, MOTU will update their drivers before then - I've got an 828mkII.

I am running Win 7 64 bit and loving it!!!

Wow...is that good to see that FP10 works with W7.

Thx Sepheritoh !

JR

I'm new to Windows 7, too.  I recently upgraded from Windows XP 32-bit to Windows 7.  I chose the 32-bit option for my Windows 7 install, based on the recommendation of a friend who also uses Sonar 8 for his DAW.

I'm just wondering if perhaps I should have gone to 64-bit w/ W7, or if I'm better (for now?) sticking with the 32-bit.