i want to upgrade, but is it safe?

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depends what you need to do. but i would say no.

For audio production?

I would hold out until at least the end of the year.

it depends on the drivers..

nice benchmark here: http://rainrecording.co.uk/vista/performance
(but imho too good to be true)

5 Things I can see that need to be ready before I'll upgrade:

• Vista Service Pack 1. I never touch a new Windows OS until at least 1 service pack is out.
  
• Support for my sequencer package, Cubase in my case.
  
• Drivers for my audio interface that are greater then version 1.0
  
• Drivers for my MIDI interface that are greater then version 1.0
  
• Support from Universal Audio for my UAD-1 card.
  

oh ninja i know you know me, mankind is hopeless...so yes, upgrade.

I'm not touching it anytime soon, because most likely not all music software & hardware I use is Vista compatible. Besides, why fix something that isn't broken; I have all nicely set up and working. The possible performance benefits don't weigh enough in the balance; Win 2K with dualcore is fast enough for now.

Even more trouble could (well, probably would, knowing Microsoft) emerge from general compatibility issues.

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I think a better question to ask yourself is: is there something specific you want that's offered in Windows Vista but not in Windows XP?

Upgrading your operating system is a major change. It's always going to break something, it's just a matter of what and how badly. (For the Linux/Mac fanboys - put a sock in it, because Microsoft is the only company that even *tries* to maintain compatibility).

Vista definitely won't perform better than XP. Unless you turn off Windows Defender and all the useless security shit, it will actually perform much worse. Disable all the cruft and it's basically on par.

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all i want is for it to be on par, and all my vsts still work.

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Originally posted by mysticalninja all i want is for it to be on par, and all my vsts still work.

^ huh? then wtf is the point in upgrading? you'd risk everthing crashing to have exactly what you have now?

Just a question

How much better will the 64 bits CPU`s perform on Vista, if ur using 64 bit applications ?

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Originally posted by djbruuen ^ huh? then wtf is the point in upgrading? you'd risk everthing crashing to have exactly what you have now?

its sexeh

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