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  1. What everyone considers to be "working fine" is considerably different. Any OS that needs 8 gigs to run efficiently (see tomshardware article), does not work fine in my opinion. I need ridiculous amounts of RAM for the sample libraries I use, so Vista simply is not an option. But consider that XP (32bit ver) only allows a maximum of 4g memory total of which only 2g can be allocated to any single app and 600k is reserved for Windows why wouldn't you want to have an OS that can address 64g or more of memory (granted only a few server boards allow that much)? All of the Vista comps I have built run fine on 1g to 2g and the 8g quad extreme I built is an animal. MS announced they are pulling XP in June so stock up, but remember when everyone moves on to 64 bit you're history.
  2. My FP10, Cubase, and Vista rocks so why would I want to go back to XP?
  3. Just checked and Win XP supports up to 4G RAM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Professional_x64_Edition With 64bit XP going to 128G. Google will give you plenty more hits. A 64 bit CPU can be used with a 32 bit OS (I have an AMD 64 with 32bit XP)). Or you could get 64 bit XP to get benefits, IFF the application supports it. (I think Sonar has 64bit operation) Not sure where you'd use 4G RAM. I guess some new big orchestral, multisampled plugins could benefit. Most I've ever used is about 670M with a couple of big soundfonts. As posted above, at the moment driver support for Vista ain't great. I've not heard anyone, espcially for audio work, recommend Vista over XP...yet. EDIT arrgh, post crash! BR JN 64bit does allow for 128g but in real hardware you are going to have trouble finding any boards with more than 4 slots or chips larger than 2g ea (at least in 800 or higher). I had trouble getting those chips as well to put 8 gig in my 975 board. You can get server class boards with dual or quad Zeons that support 8 slots, some with more, but that is a different price point than the average recordist.
  4. You can pick up a Computer Shopper from Borders and find the latest crop of low price wholesalers. Different vendors will have better prices on different items so you need to shop around a bit, otherwise Newegg is not a bad place for an overall buy. Try some of these to see if they have what you want. zipzoomfly.com frys.com outpost.com monarchcomputer.com tigerdirect.com mwave.com pcclub.com ncix.com microdirect.com directron.com buy.com pcmall.com cputopia.com hitechcafe.com outletpc.com axiontech.com supergooddeal.com ascoutlet.com tomshardware.com cpu.com techbargains.com cost.com microcenter.com cdw.com
  5. Originally posted by ZKAUdio ------------------------------------------------------------------------- your preference for intel is not a good one in this case, the dual core intels have been outbenchmarked left and right by amd... despite their higher transistor count. that said, whichever you go with, I'd stay away from dual processor setups if you aren't computer saavy. The dual core chips will suit you just fine. Make sure, however, that you don't pay extra for "hyperthreading" as most audio apps don't like it. From my understanding, the dual core is especially effecting with DAW's due to the need for processing power from the plugins and host at the same time... this way each gets its own cache to draw from. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- While there is nothing wrong with AMD you need to stay current on your reading as AMD's have not been keeping up with Intel procs for over 3 months now and probably won't catch them them for another 6 months at best. Intel is on it's 65 nm die now compared to the 90 nm AMD and when AMD's 65 nm hits the market here soon Intel will be printing 45 nm. We are also in the quad core, not dual, world now with 8 cores on the near horizon. Even with all the speed, CPU power is still not that big a deal though. Buss transfer and hard drive speed is the key to high resolution and high track counts. And for our New Egg proponents they are good but even they aren't the cheapest and I don't buy from them too often.
  6. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by The Audacity Works ...... There is no comparison, power-wise, unless you want to compare it to something like Ensoniq's long-dead PARIS system (also DSP-based), which was fantastic. ........ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think Fairlight might want to argue this. There are a few other powerful hardware platforms still alive.
  7. quote by wooden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hopw its around $600 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $549 at MF http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product?sku=241880
  8. Even Windows Media Player will do it. You might need to burn the wavs to an audio CD and then it will rip them from it.
  9. With the price of 19" at less than $300 I wouldn't even consider a 17". I might consider 20" though. Two are nice but I would rather have one big screen than 2 small. Of course if you are nearsighted then small might work for you.
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