No need for dual partition wiht the latest version 1.5 Which is what i would reccomend using as i have been a long time FS user since 1.0. I got 1.5 when it came out and haven't had a single problem with it - tempest

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Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, and if you can't say anything intelligent without bashing my character, my parentage, or my sexuality, then shut up and sit down. I will ignore you until you can come up with a decent rebuttal or an insightful comment. I am merely stating how I see it to be with as much respect and thought as possible. I expect the same from you. Tempest

TempesTrip/Jeremy K

ya no need to do a partition anymore.

Personally i would never use win XP for live dj work. If the XP version is free and the Mac or linux version is $3000 i would save for the non-XP version. The reliability and latency is simply not good enough. XP lacks a number of key features that would make it useful for this type of work. XP is NOT a configurable system, there are a number of kernel/userland apps that it is impossible to control the activities of, and this can result in huge variations in latency. It is impossible to code the preemption/multitasking code as effectivly as in linux/OS X. If you want more info, i can post more. Stanton originally stated that windows was useless for this kind of work after effective scientific investigation however the marketing people made them change this. This in my eyes was not a technical choice. I would be more than just shocked if the stability of the new XP version is even close to the linux or Mac X version. If the linux version is not a choice, buy a mac. As an added benifit you can use the mac for the rest of your stuff as well... you can check the final scratch forums for more people with the same opinion.

My short version, if you can't use the linux version, buy a mac.

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Fall in love with everything, fall in love with life. Just fall in love with music and you will get by. Ride in the night.
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Greatest Tracks of all time:
YAHEL - VOYAGE
Planet Funk - Inside all the people (deep dish 80's tata)
Bob Dylan - anything by him... esp. Black diamond bay.

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Defo would recommend the linux... been using it myself...once u get it installed there is not a problem to be seen anymore... top stuff this one!!

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