Well you guys and girls that took up the 64 bit early were very brave, I've done it and it's taken me 3 days to get back to almost where I was. also updated chipset drivers, updated bios. What a kerfuffle. so this is my last update O.S. wise as I've now retired and cant afford touch screen. didn't like win 8 when I tried it on my laptop. So until Sonar drops support for this one I'm done. Need to make some music now to see if it was all worth it. Few plugs didn't work, some wouldn't even install on the computer. Still plenty working so I'll see how I get on.

Best Roy 

you mean you got windows 7 right ? as for that.. it'll be fine upgrade wise for a bit..  did you shop around for the price ? as you can save a lot (like I did recently with corel video studio)

depends where you got win 7 to the cost also .. and also your hardware.. MS can't be blamed for the chipset driver, the maker can if it's not using MS's generic one / standard

Hi Fog
I bought win 7 online for £80 both 32 and 64 bit a few months ago but went with 32 bit because my yamaha hardware had no 64 bit drivers, so I bought a focusrite 8i6 to get to 64 bit, just got around to the upgrade. my computers 6 years+ old and I've never updated the bios and chipset drivers till now. Figured it was about time. Just a bit scary for me.

Roy

6 years is a lifetime with regard to pc's.. as for the bios.. well thats a whole world of hurt if you get it wrong upgrading it (you can knock out a machine, I've had to blind reflash 2 laptops in the past and thankfully that brought both back).

ah yamaha, I've been helping a friend with his mixing thing.. I said either go midi with it or sell it.. yet more stuff for the landfill that is perfectly fine.. but on the other side the support side is the real cost of this stuff .. so would rather sell  you new things

my main pc an i7 is 2 years old now , and I've not really used it so much due to time.. and yep the time creeps up..

I just had to retire my sisters 12 year old single core amd 2600 with a dual core pc that was all of £220 from ebuyer and infinatily faster (obv. I had to get the OS but got it on offer , so wasn't so much.. but win 8..hhmm hehe)

there are a few things that'll check your chipsets etc drivers that'll help . even if the makers site isn't around.  

Tell you what Fog I've never tried my 01x as midi only but have heard rumors that it will work that way be nice if it would work as a control surface as it's very similar to Mackie Control, Must give it a go.

Roy