I have recently received a little bit of cash and I'm going to buy a new laptop. The laptop is a Toshiba (quadcore, I7, 6 gigs of ram upgradeable to 16, etc) has Windows 8. I'm thinking about also upgrading from X1 Producer Expanded to X2. The problem for me is that I've been reading all the horror stories about X2 and it's making me a little nervous. X1 has been ROCK SOLID. I don't want to spend money on something only to find out that I have to spend more time getting it working than I'd spend making music. So, should I go for it? The laptop isn't a touch screen, by the way.

I'm 853-->X2a ... no regrets with my config.  50-75% less crashes with octa-capture.  I didn't even know X1 was rock solid!

Buy X2. If you find it stable (you should) use it. if not go back to X1 and await service pack X2B. Oh and go 64 bit!

Cheers.

You need to be more concerned with the Windows 8 and 64 bit compatibility of the tools that you want to use than with X2.  If your needed hardware and effects will operate nicely with the OS upgrade you can be pretty confident that X2 will work well for you.
 
On the other hand, if you need a bunch of older 32bit plugins or don't have Win 8 specific (not bailing wired) drivers for your hardware you might want to hold off on the upgrade for a while.  Cakewalk seems to he well ahead of the curve here and a lot of other products need to do some catching up before they operate nicely in Windows 8 and X2.  It might be time to consider housecleaning?

No probs here with Win 8 64 bit X2a.....

Dont listen to the horror stories, most people that post here have an issue of some kind (me too in the past!) but thats just the nature of forums.

Theres lots of Users out there very happy with Win 8 and X2a.

Ok...yes to both

Thanks for all of your replies.... I'm going to go for it.... I'll be buying X2 in the next couple of days. I don't really use any "outside" plugins.... only the ones that come with Sonar, so that shouldn't be an issue. I DO use Sibelius, though, and I checked into that and it works on 64-bit and even supports 64-bit rewire, which is now a requirement for how I work. So, everything should be fine. By the way - does X1 run on Windows 8?

MelodicJimmy


Thanks for all of your replies.... I'm going to go for it.... I'll be buying X2 in the next couple of days. I don't really use any "outside" plugins.... only the ones that come with Sonar, so that shouldn't be an issue. I DO use Sibelius, though, and I checked into that and it works on 64-bit and even supports 64-bit rewire, which is now a requirement for how I work. So, everything should be fine. By the way - does X1 run on Windows 8?

Yes

You might want to test out the X2 trial first to see if it works for you. I am happy running X2a on Win7 but everyone's experience is unique. The trial is not X2a but the original X2 with the quick fix applied.

Pretty solid here. Running X2a under Windows 8 x64. I am running a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40. Very solid. I have an old project that had about 50 tracks... that when I switched to the Firewire interface under Win7 x64 would glitch SLIGHTLY on some of the busier parts of the mix. That same project under Windows 8 64bit (same computer) runs glitch free. It definitely has better performance.. I can't say how much more.. but improved for sure. And for me.. it's been rock solid.