X2 and Windows Vista

  I know Cakewalk does not officially support the Vista OS for X2. Just wondering if anyone here has been successfully using X2 with Vista? I know there had been a few posts regarding the topic in the X2 pre-release days - however I have not seen any further discussions since the release. The sense I got from the pre-release discussions was that the program would be stable with a decent enough computer running at least Vista Home Premium with SP2. Any experiences to report? Thanks!

Quite a few people have been having success running X2 on Vista but support won't be able to help you (or at least not as much). I also read that the big problem with Vista is gonna come when they patch X2 to deal with Win8 and it's touchscreen capabilities and I don't think even the Bakers know what's gonna happen at that point because Win 8 is still a completely new animal. I love Win 7 BTW. It's worth the upgrade to 7. I think 8 is gonna flop. Cheers.

Beepster

Quite a few people have been having success running X2 on Vista but support won't be able to help you (or at least not as much). I also read that the big problem with Vista is gonna come when they patch X2 to deal with Win8 and it's touchscreen capabilities and I don't think even the Bakers know what's gonna happen at that point because Win 8 is still a completely new animal. I love Win 7 BTW. It's worth the upgrade to 7. I think 8 is gonna flop. Cheers.

It's been stated by Cakewalk that X2 will not run on anything prior to Windows 7 after you install the first official patch.

So it's time to upgrade to at least Windows 7 gfeel. Or, wait and see if that's true. Sometimes they say one thing, but another ends up happening.

I was always under the impression that Vista and Windows 7 were identical after you installed a ton of patches in Vista ... but I must be wrong.

Bub

Beepster

Quite a few people have been having success running X2 on Vista but support won't be able to help you (or at least not as much). I also read that the big problem with Vista is gonna come when they patch X2 to deal with Win8 and it's touchscreen capabilities and I don't think even the Bakers know what's gonna happen at that point because Win 8 is still a completely new animal. I love Win 7 BTW. It's worth the upgrade to 7. I think 8 is gonna flop. Cheers.

It's been stated by Cakewalk that X2 will not run on anything prior to Windows 7 after you install the first official patch.

So it's time to upgrade to at least Windows 7 gfeel. Or, wait and see if that's true. Sometimes they say one thing, but another ends up happening.

I was always under the impression that Vista and Windows 7 were identical after you installed a ton of patches in Vista ... but I must be wrong.

That is a very strong statement about what it will run on. If you could refer me to where CW has stated that I would be very interested.

That is a very strong statement about what it will run on. If you could refer me to where CW has stated that I would be very interested.

 
I think what Bub is referring to only applies to XP.  In some thread, somewhere, Noel specifically stated that the DLLs in Win8 are not backwards compatible with XP, so chances are that the X2 patch won't even install on XP.   But with Vista I think the main drawback is the lack of touchscreen features because of those same Win8 DLL changes.    But I don't recall Noel ever saying that the X2 patch(es) won't install on Vista.
 

stevec

That is a very strong statement about what it will run on. If you could refer me to where CW has stated that I would be very interested.

I think what Bub is referring to only applies to XP.  In some thread, somewhere, Noel specifically stated that the DLLs in Win8 are not backwards compatible with XP, so chances are that the X2 patch won't even install on XP.   But with Vista I think the main drawback is the lack of touchscreen features because of those same Win8 DLL changes.    But I don't recall Noel ever saying that the X2 patch(es) won't install on Vista.

The thread is there ... he who is blocked knows it's there. He's just being difficult, which is why I have him blocked.

Noel said once they implement Multi-touch support, there is a "possibility Vista will load X2". That means they don't expect it to ... he also said there has been no testing on Vista and there will be no support for Vista.

LINK TO NOEL'S POST

A simple search leads you right to the post ... but no, he'd rather be an ass about it, which is why he remains blocked.

Noel Brothwick, "there is a possibility that Vista will still load X2 (no official testing or support though)"

Guys ... it's time to let go of Vista ... just like I had to let go of DOS 6.22 and then Windows XP SP3.

Good luck with that Keni.

do not buy x2 thinking you will run it on windows vista for much longer.
they say that for a reason.
if you understand a little behind the engine of windows xp,vista and 7 and 8 you would realize this,xp and vista are almost the same os besides a new skin and improvmenets to graphics.
windows 7 is a whole new os-as windows 8 is as well but is somewhat like 7.once a patch is released for x2,im guessing its going to be for windows 8 support.
once that is done,its all over except the crying.

Bub


Noel Brothwick, "there is a possibility that Vista will still load X2 (no official testing or support though)"

Guys ... it's time to let go of Vista ... just like I had to let go of DOS 6.22 and then Windows XP SP3.

Good luck with that Keni.

Below is the full text from Noel's post.

"As of today X2 loads and works fine in Vista which is similar to Win7 in many ways. 
However once we do Win8 support the multitouch features will only work on Win8 and Win7. Microsoft actually blocks that stuff out on Vista. I'm not certain how this will pan out myself until we finish the work but there is a possibility that Vista will still load X2 (no official testing or support though)."

I am not sure how you can get Vista will not run X2 from the above quote. As for the upcoming Windows 8 patch I read it as Noel is not sure that Vista wont run it. Hence the word "possibility". None the less I do advise in my case to upgrade the OS to Win 8.

The OP asked simply is anybody running Vista and X2. I answered that I was. Others have done the same.  I'm not sure why you have such a hostile attitude towards me but it does not serve you well.  Nor does your opinion of me take away from the facts that are being clearly stated here. Its odd to offer an opinion about postings your are not reading.


From Charlie;
if you understand a little behind the engine of windows xp,vista and 7 and 8 you would realize this,xp and vista are almost the same os besides a new skin and improvmenets to graphics.

To Charlie actually Vista and Windows 7 have a lot in common. It is a fact that it is XP that is not compatible with Vista. Vista and XP have very little in common.

But in the end the merits of any OS is not important in this thread. What is important is whether a Vista user can run Sonar X2.

Done here ...

Is that a promise?

My best advice is do a clean install of a new OS.

From Charlie;
if you understand a little behind the engine of windows xp,vista and 7 and 8 you would realize this,xp and vista are almost the same os besides a new skin and improvmenets to graphics.

To Charlie actually Vista and Windows 7 have a lot in common. It is a fact that it is XP that is not compatible with Vista. Vista and XP have very little in common.

But in the end the merits of any OS is not important in this thread. What is important is whether a Vista user can run Sonar X2.

john,what fact are we talking about here?
the fact that most drivers and software worked for widows xp and vista but not win 7?
if what your saying was true then id guess sonar X2 would still be supporting vista(if it was more like win 7 and not xp,then why the end of support?)
you and i could throw stones back and forth all day long here but id rather wait for a professional to answer this question.
 
a quick question to you though...why havent you upgraded to win 7?
your answer may in fact provide proof of what im saying...lol.
 
 
 

@ Scott and John

I know you guys are right. But do you know of anyone that installed over Vista with success?? 

The thought of digging up all the software, installing plugs, worries me that I may not have some of things I will need and use now. I would really like to try and maybe I will. I'll do a backup image first just in case. But I think I may go for it... 

Win 7 is just Vista SPx2 re-branded.

I am running X2 on a Vista machine and it performs in identical fashion to my main Win 7 machine.

musicroom

@ Scott and John

I know you guys are right. But do you know of anyone that installed over Vista with success?? 

The thought of digging up all the software, installing plugs, worries me that I may not have some of things I will need and use now. I would really like to try and maybe I will. I'll do a backup image first just in case. But I think I may go for it... 

Hey David,


As long as you have an image backup, then you've got nothing to lose. You might as well try it, see how it does, and then decide from there. But no, I've never upgraded over an existing OS. I'm kind of a fanatic about documenting things , so I have all the stuff I need for reinstallations, etc.


Scott

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