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Originally Posted by s_k
Well you can never tell what's going to happen in the future...
Maybe Microsoft starts behaving all apple-like too...
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That's when I'd switch operating systems to something else. But at least I'd still have the choice.
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Allright, I'm a regular visitor of oldversion.com as I like to keep the software I'm used to. So I'm always sceptic about new Windows versions and I've only been using Windows 7 for a year now. I am using all kinds of windowses througout my house so I think I have a pretty clear view on the differences.
Here's the question you could have expected: Why exactly would you want to keep using Windows XP?
I'm guessing soundcards. These are always an issue.
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Nah, I'm ok with my audio interface. I have an Echo Audiofire 12, and its drivers support XP, Vista and 7, 32 or 64 bit.
Mainly I'm worried about plugins. I have a 64bit version of my music program Sonar 8.5 PE (which is W7 certified), and it supposedly has something called "bitbridge" that's supposed to allow you to use 32bit audio plugins in its 64bit architecture, but I hear a lot of problems with it.
Ultimately, all I can do is go through my thousands of plugins and see which ones work. I guess, at that point, I can either drop the ones that dont, or dual-boot a 32bit XP (which I already have) and if those plugins are extremely important for, say, mastering, then I can use the 32bit boot for mastering. I don't really need all that RAM (12GB) for mastering anyway. The RAM will come in more handy during huge projects with a lot of individual synths and samples.
As far as other every-day-use software, I'm willing to use newer versions if necessary, and am not worried about that.