batsbrew
still on my XP system i built in 2008
STILL GOING STRONG.
but i'm looking to update soon
I still have a single core Dell P4 laptop from 2005 with XP and Sonar 8.5 installed that still runs. Unfortunately my Win XP desktop that was built in 2006 with a single core config started feeling the strain of bottlenecks by 2012. I finally had to replace that in 2014, with a newer multicore setup. No regrets!
I must say that I really like what Intel has accomplished in eliminating most of the historical bottlenecks in these modern motherboard chipsets. Increased video and memory bandwidth, no more front side bus, or north/south bridge nonsense. DDR3 /DDR4 memory, the fast I/O capabilities of PCIe and USB3, coupled with faster storage devices. It's hard to believe what the past 10 years have brought us!
Next built will probably be 8-10 cores, M-2 drives, etc., but no hurry. This rig is still getting the job done!