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The time for a new OS is here. The question, which Vista? I ran the Vista advisor tool and it came up with the business version. If I go with the business version is there anything I would be missing that might be necessary for voice talkin in the Ultimate version?

I use this one computer for everything. However, I am not connected to my TV. Future plans will involve a larger flat screen in the studio but that will be hooked up via sattelite. Unless there is some reason I need to connect it to my computer. My understanding of Ultimate is that is gives you the ability to control media? Any input from you computer wiz people would be very much appreciated.

imaginator · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject:

my experience...for what it's worth:

get the biggest, fastest, most powerful computer you can buy...loaded with as much memory as you can stuff in. because vista is going to suck every ounce of it and making running any other program at the same time darn near impossible if you don't.

also...save some money to re-buy a lot of the programs you now use, because vista doesn't have any drivers to make them work.

by the way...i'm back to running XP.
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Chuck Davis · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject:

Honestly, I'd stick with XP for as long as you can. It's such a resource hog that even a well-spec'd computer runs slowly with it.

It's kind of the George Bush of PC OS's. Looks good at the start....turns out to not work all that well in practice. Now everybody's remembering how good things used to be with the old OS (or pres).
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject:

Deebs is going to slap your wrists for making it political.

Just warning you.
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Deirdre · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject:

CHUCK!

You're gonna end up in the corner.
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Chuck Davis · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:

Ooop. Sorry Deeb, :)
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louzucaro · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject:

imaginator · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject:

i stand by my experience.

the computer that came with vista wouldn't run anything more than email at the same time...and that was slow.

i got rid of it and installed my xp on an older computer a friend gave me (which did have a better processor and more memory than the one that came with vista). working wonderfully after a year.

a much bigger/better new computer would have let vista work better, but still would not have solved all the problems with suddenly-incompatible older programs with no vista drivers.

if you got it to work for you...more power to you, figuratively and literally.
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Yoda117 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:49 am Post subject:

did you use any of the tricks mentioned on this board for running XP applications in Vista?

Just curious, as I've found a lot of stuff that was XP worked fine in Vista once you mucked with the drivers.

That said, you shouldn't have to do such things with your OS.
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imaginator · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:27 am Post subject:

JimRon · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:33 am Post subject:

i've got vista as well (home premium)... no problems with memory or anything, and i also usually have 4 or 5 programs open at once, on top of what's loaded in the background when the computer boots up. this machine is nice and fast (2 gigs of ram, 500 gig hard drive)... and it's over a year old already.

my only issue is recording into AA1.5... my levels are a little low. but a click or two of a plug-in takes care of that for me.

as far as drivers... yeah when it first came out there were issues, but none that i couldn't fix right away. and more and more companies are finally putting out vista drivers. regarding the recording levels in AA, they're lower than what i had when i was using XP, because i had to lose my sound card due to driver issues with vista and move to a USB board. (had a lynx one and was sorry to see it go) but as i said, the plug ins take care of that for me now.

as long as it's a new machine, and not an upgrade on an older machine, you should be OK. i think the only real difference with ultimate is data loss protection and backup capability. but if you do that yourself with an external drive you can save yourself $100 and go with home premium.
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Gp · Guest

Thanks so much for the input everyone.
My computer is still an older model design, ide VS sata drives etc....I even have an older model processor but the parts I have are new.
I was originally given a corporate copy of XP pro but in order to make everything work I had to borrow a boot disc from someone else if I had to reinstall my OS.
I decided to go totally legit and bought some software off ebay. The mistake I made was trying to save a little money. I bought an OEM disc without a key. "your current corp key will work" they tell me. Being the "allday" that I can sometimes be I bought the software. Of course, I can't make it work any which way.
I then started to look for another copy of XP. Looking at ebay the Vista prices were the same as the XP prices. That's why I was asking about Vista. It seems the best thing for me to do is order up a legit copy of XP.
Thanks again!

Chuck Davis · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:43 am Post subject:

I just had to get a copy of XP from the "bay" for my mother in laws PC.
The oem versions, brand new with key, can be had for around 90 bucks.
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