Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk
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SONAR X2 will support Windows 7 and 8 (32 and 64-bit). XP and Vista will no longer be officially supported. No major changes beyond that but we will post system requirements when we start selling SONAR X2.

At least I know so I won't spend money I don't have to upgrade.  Shutting out Vista Users...  Brilliant.

CJaysMusic


FYI: just because its not supported doesnt mean it wont run on it. It just means they didnt test it on XP and Vista. 

Im pretty happy that they concentrated on Win 7 and Win 8 as this means they put all their time and effort into those 2 window sysytems and didn't screw around with the older versions :)  NICE!!!

Cj

I bought my system 2 years, 11 months ago... Windows 7 wasn't out yet.  Yeah, it's an aged system, but it's hardly obsolete, and I'm not happy at all they didn't put any effort into it, I'm insulted.  I'd been considering upgrading, but not anymore. 

I have a five-year-old music PC that's still working great:

Windows XP
Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz
2GB RAM
lotsa disk space

I really want to keep using this machine. So what are my choices?

1. Upgrade XP to Windows 8? I doubt that Windows 8 will work well on a DAW with 2GB RAM.

2. Install Sonar X2 on it as is and hope for the best?

3. Continue using the machine as is without upgrading? I've bought every Cakewalk upgrade since the mid-90s.

Fortunately I don't need to decide very soon. I doubt that I'm the only person in this situation, so we'll see what others say.

BTW I had a look at requirements for Cubase. The Windows version supports only Win 7, and they require an Internet connection for license activation. One of the reasons my DAW is still doing great is that it's never seen the Internet. 

Mitch I.

BTW I had a look at requirements for Cubase. The Windows version supports only Win 7

 
I think that this is slowly becoming the norm and not the exception.   Doesn't NI already only support Win7?
 

stevec

BTW I had a look at requirements for Cubase. The Windows version supports only Win 7

 
I think that this is slowly becoming the norm and not the exception.   Doesn't NI already only support Win7?
 

Yup, latest updates of Traktor are only supported on win7 .. and +1 to this being a rational industry trend.. I think consumers have very little idea to the huge support cost of validating software and proving every test criteria against a boat load of old o.s... essentially tripling the costs for that phase of development, not to mention the ongoing tech support costs maintaining multiple platforms simply to attempt to replicate user issues...
 
a good business decision by Cakewalk
 
 

I'm going to wait for the demo and decide. X1 isn't supported to run on my machine, but it does. I've borne in mind that I may not get full technical support, but in practice CW have always been happy to help. 

I understand the move away from officially supporting XP & Vista. Halving the amount of testing they have to do (especially for 10+ year old technology) frees up resources that could be used elsewhere.