I'm trying to decide on which one to get for my new build, but don't know much about Win8 and X2. Which is a better fit for X2 and in general useage?? (I'm not currently planning on touch screen)
 
I read on the Cake_Blog that Win8 had better perfomance results (overall) than Win7, but how is it for you guys in day to day ease of use/functionality? 
 
Thanks,
 
Update: I'm using Win 8 Pro x64 in my new build under Classic Shell and it's simply excellent. I'm in a more familiar environment with the Win 7 Classic Shell and there's an easy access to all the Metro Apps if needed to. The install process was also a breeze and it practically updated all the drivers on its own.
Thanks Drew, Paul, and all :) for all the tips.

Mesh I stayed with 7 for the one I ordered.
 
I like 7 and just don't have anything for touch screen. I didn't want
to deal with driver issues should there be any.
 

Hey Mesh,
 
I don't have X2, but was having similar thoughts of what I will do if X3, whenever that comes finally comes across with the goods.
 
On the whole I like win 8 in general use (laptop) - much better than my previous vista one, but in fairness I never really liked that, so it didn't have much to beat in my case.
 
First thing I would do is to check if win 8 drivers are available for any hardware you have. Also I believe win 8 is about to have a .1 patch very soon, so I would probably hang fire for that if going with win 8.

Windows 95 'cause everyone knows 95 is better than either 7 or 8, right?

paulo
Hey Mesh,
 
I don't have X2, but was having similar thoughts of what I will do if X3, whenever that comes finally comes across with the goods.
 
On the whole I like win 8 in general use (laptop) - much better than my previous vista one, but in fairness I never really liked that, so it didn't have much to beat in my case.
 
First thing I would do is to check if win 8 drivers are available for any hardware you have. Also I believe win 8 is about to have a .1 patch very soon, so I would probably hang fire for that if going with win 8.

I'm also moving from my old Vista. There are Win8 drivers for my hardware and I'd like to get those touch screen monitors in the future (not a priority, but it looks neat :)). I'm seeing some mixed opinions on general useage on various forums/users. I know Win7 is very stable, but Win8 is more future ready no (with the stability)?? 

So far Windows 8 works fine for me. But I needed to download and install the free Classic Shell program, as I find the Metro touch interface annoying. Classic Shell fixes that problem beautifully.
 
And people should note that Windows 7 or even Vista drivers will often (usually?) work fine with Windows 8. The last major Windows driver model change was XP -> Vista.
 
Also note that if you buy Windows 8 Pro you can always legally downgrade to Windows 7 if necessary or desired (you need to have installation media for 7 for this).

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Mesh

paulo
Hey Mesh,
 
I don't have X2, but was having similar thoughts of what I will do if X3, whenever that comes finally comes across with the goods.
 
On the whole I like win 8 in general use (laptop) - much better than my previous vista one, but in fairness I never really liked that, so it didn't have much to beat in my case.
 
First thing I would do is to check if win 8 drivers are available for any hardware you have. Also I believe win 8 is about to have a .1 patch very soon, so I would probably hang fire for that if going with win 8.

I'm also moving from my old Vista. There are Win8 drivers for my hardware and I'd like to get those touch screen monitors in the future (not a priority, but it looks neat :)). I'm seeing some mixed opinions on general useage on various forums/users. I know Win7 is very stable, but Win8 is more future ready no (with the stability)?? 

I figured that you'd probably know about the drivers etc, but sometimes we forget the obvious. I'm not sold on touch screen for a daw to be honest, apart from being uncomfortable reaching over to them all the time, they're gonna need cleaning a lot if my phone is anything to go by.
 

paulo

Mesh

paulo
Hey Mesh,
 
I don't have X2, but was having similar thoughts of what I will do if X3, whenever that comes finally comes across with the goods.
 
On the whole I like win 8 in general use (laptop) - much better than my previous vista one, but in fairness I never really liked that, so it didn't have much to beat in my case.
 
First thing I would do is to check if win 8 drivers are available for any hardware you have. Also I believe win 8 is about to have a .1 patch very soon, so I would probably hang fire for that if going with win 8.

I'm also moving from my old Vista. There are Win8 drivers for my hardware and I'd like to get those touch screen monitors in the future (not a priority, but it looks neat :)). I'm seeing some mixed opinions on general useage on various forums/users. I know Win7 is very stable, but Win8 is more future ready no (with the stability)?? 

I figured that you'd probably know about the drivers etc, but sometimes we forget the obvious. I'm not sold on touch screen for a daw to be honest, apart from being uncomfortable reaching over to them all the time, they're gonna need cleaning a lot if my phone is anything to go by.
 

 
From the little I've read, it seems that people are also using the mouse/keyboard on these touch screens (depending on the application at hand). The good thing about getting Win8 would be if (in the near future) I wanted touch screen, my OS is already....uhmmm ready.  

If hardware, drivers, software, controllers are all compatible and won't be an issue at all? Windows 8. 

But eventually,  finally,  dang it,  after several years of meditation and/or procrastination.... almost everybody will be using Windows 8, or skip that and go straight to 9?, or X? LOL!! 

OK, shhhh... I'm going back to my meditated state!!