I could understand XP people being upset, but I'm more shocked that there's actually people still using Vista.

Lets be honest here... if you have xp or vista you simply should not have purchased X2 in the first place.. the system requirements for win7/8 is clearly marked.

That is why I consider it a non issue. On the other hand I did purchase X2 Producer and I do run Vista. But I did so at my own risk. Further I don't think anyone needs to post what I should or shouldn't do with my money.

Remember there were compelling incentives for early adopters.

Its one thing to remind us that XP and Vista are not supported its another to be somewhat rude about it.

 Lets be honest here... if you have xp or vista you simply should not have purchased X2 in the first place.. the system requirements for win7/8 is clearly marked.

John


That is why I consider it a non issue. On the other hand I did purchase X2 Producer and I do run Vista. But I did so at my own risk. Further I don't think anyone needs to post what I should or shouldn't do with my money.

Remember there were compelling incentives for early adopters.

Its one thing to remind us that XP and Vista are not supported its another to be somewhat rude about it.

+1

It looks like X2 and Win8 will be a package for me. I was just checking out the win8 requirements and found that it won't be a simple install from win7 PRo. Going from win 7 pro to win 8 will require a complete reinstall of all software according to microsoft.

For me it will be be a complete, and expensive, upgrade. Hardware and software this time around.

According to Microsoft's own numbers, there are nearly 400 million XP and Vista machines in the world today and 500 million Windows 7 & 8 machines. If you look at business users specifically, the XP/Vista numbers actually exceed W7/8. There's good reason for that: if you rely on a workstation in your business, you stabilize it, standardize it and then leave it the flick alone. 

I can only imagine what will happen when every business application vendor announces that no updates are going to be available to those 400 million users. Fortunately, most vendors aren't bound by the Windows Logo program, which lets Microsoft dictate what they can and cannot do. 

I am not convinced that there is any technical reason for being unable to distribute an installer that's Vista/XP compatible, other than Microsoft is forcing vendors to abandon those operating systems in order to spur sales. Yes, I know that critical pieces of a SONAR installation are actually sourced from Microsoft and have to be distributed unmodified.

bitflipper


According to Microsoft's own numbers, there are nearly 400 million XP and Vista machines in the world today and 500 million Windows 7 & 8 machines. If you look at business users specifically, the XP/Vista numbers actually exceed W7/8. There's good reason for that: if you rely on a workstation in your business, you stabilize it, standardize it and then leave it the flick alone. 

I can only imagine what will happen when every business application vendor announces that no updates are going to be available to those 400 million users. Fortunately, most vendors aren't bound by the Windows Logo program, which lets Microsoft dictate what they can and cannot do. 

I am not convinced that there is any technical reason for being unable to distribute an installer that's Vista/XP compatible, other than Microsoft is forcing vendors to abandon those operating systems in order to spur sales. Yes, I know that critical pieces of a SONAR installation are actually sourced from Microsoft and have to be distributed unmodified.

And Bit is a BADASS musical talent too!!

Get over it, Microsoft are going to sell you an upgrade that is dirt cheap if you take them up quickly.

John


That is why I consider it a non issue. On the other hand I did purchase X2 Producer and I do run Vista. But I did so at my own risk. Further I don't think anyone needs to post what I should or shouldn't do with my money.

Remember there were compelling incentives for early adopters.

Its one thing to remind us that XP and Vista are not supported its another to be somewhat rude about it.

 Lets be honest here... if you have xp or vista you simply should not have purchased X2 in the first place.. the system requirements for win7/8 is clearly marked.

+1 John - it's funny that people can be arrogant about an OS.

+1 John - it's funny that people can be arrogant about an OS.

I wouldn't say its arrogant. I would call it sensible. 


A lot of people think upgrading the Operating System is like upgrading an application and that's just not the case. Upgrading the OS requires planning and preparation. If you just run headlong into upgrading your OS without checking to make sure your hardware and existing applications are compatible, then that's your fault. MS provides tools for checking them. I bet not too many people ran them and then after they installed the OS found out the hard way. I know I did. I lost a lot of applications when I upgraded to XP and when I upgraded to Windows 7, my MIDISport MIDI interfaces didn't work and M-Audio hadn't upgraded the drivers and it took them so long to upgrade them (and never guaranteed they would upgrade them) that I had go off and buy another MIDI interface. So, word to the wise..... read those requirements lists and make sure you run the Windows Upgrade Advisor before plunging in headfirst. You might save yourself a few headaches.