CakeAlexS


I'm also wondering if Sonar will support my Windows for workgroups machine. I have optimised HIMEM.SYS and Quemm is installed so I can access at least 600k base memory.

but I doubt you have a dual layer dvd for it, or a net connection .. and dialup .. well bit long winded

keith



Option #3: use DAW software that is supported on XP. Probably the cheapest route. Or, if you're going the route of new hardware, do what I did... get a good deal on a late 2011 MacBook Pro... keep your options open for when MS makes some totally bizarre decision to do something wacky with their OS. :) 

" Support for Windows XP is ending on April 8, 2014. If you're running this version after support ends, you won't get security updates for Windows."  


Shame CW is throwing the baby out with the bath water, for the sake of what.. maybe 5-10% of users ever using the unique facilities of Win8? Fewer OSes = cheaper dev cycles and all that... but let's not pretend that the inertia that the broad market has shown wrt. moving from XP doesn't exist... still. If MS -- of all vendors -- officially supports XP, so too should ISVs that want to play the MS game. 

use a DAW that still uses xp.. until a point.... remember the most expensive cost of software is maintenance, when it starts becoming a bigger hassle.. other makers will drop it as well. 

Funny you say about Mac.. these are the same lot that changed CPU and pretty much force a friend to buy a new machine to support a new version of logic. Also  remember when certain older os X plugins didn't work with newer version of the OS ? I do ;-) .. my friends bored me about it and I told em get a pc.

if they ran a poll of how many x1 / x2 users were still using xp ? , heck why don't they still support win 98 se. No one is forced to upgrade their studio, continually.

I still wonder how old the OP's sound cards are.. as no model was mentioned. I still use an sw1000xg (12 year old card).. but it's only for midi, and the driver side is bad for the audio.

> but I doubt you have a dual layer dvd for it, or a net connection .. and dialup .. well bit long winded

No but I do have the latest PS/2 ports, it's so much better than the COM's with my previous machine.

They said before it came out it would only be supported on Win7 & 8. We can discuss that XP is solid, for a sunset-ted product, but a decision was made not to support it and Cake let you know in advance.

There is 8.5.3 and X1 if you choose to use XP.

Face-forward and walk towards the future. It is so bright you have to wear shades!

FastBikerBoy


I liked XP,I thought it was the first decent OS from Microsoft. As much as that is true though, Windows 7 is even better so it's not like you're being forced onto a lemon - upgrade and enjoy.

i agree with this statement 1000%.
i loved xp as well but have found 7 to be the treat of treats.
i think what turns alot of people off about upgrading is learning a new OS
sure its worrying about drivers but more times than not people are afraid of change.

Jeff Evans


Freddie is slightly incorrect in regards to all other DAW's not working on XP. Studio One still runs perfectly under XP as do all their latest updates as well. Also they allow you to use either 32 bit or 64 bit versions which is also cool. This is rather great actually as it means you do not have to go out and update your computer or OS in order to keep using their latest software.  Maybe it is better being independent from Microsoft and as a result you can still make this happen easily.

I do think it is good thing to update your computer and OS but if you cannot right at this moment then it is rather reassuring you can still run the latest version of Studio One on a 32 bit XP computer and yes it does run rather perfectly well even on that machine with no issues whatsoever.  Seriously great projects can be created on an XP 32 bit OS machine and so the myth continues on that you have to have 64 bit to make a final mix that is just so much better. That is just totally inaccurate. Great person driving the project = great final mix at the end of the day. Not much to do with what is in between. The memory thing is of course good with 64 bit but if you are someone like me who has a few serious hardware samplers forming part of the sound generating process the demand on the computer goes away under those conditions. 

Thanks for the update Jeff. Didn't know that Studio ONE still worked on XP? 
But let see how long that will last? I bet that next update of Studio One will not support XP too.
The reason why everyone doesn't support XP & VISTA is that they use of new technologies that doesn't are supported in XP or VISTA OS.

We can discuss that XP is solid, for a sunset-ted product, but a decision was made not to support it and Cake let you know in advance.

 
I think this sums it up best.   Regardless of personal opinions on XP - I still have a working XP machine - CW did state that it was not a supported OS for X2, about... three months ago?