Windows vista service pack 2 -problems

You can get XP for 30-40€ these days. Making your own nLite is not bad, you can then reinstall within 15 minutes anytime you want.. However Traktor is very light app, as compared to audio softs, I very often run Skype, download stuff, check forums like this while doing some work on Traktor (like setting fades, organising tunes not on stage) and have no issues. Dont believe what McRetards and iDiots tell you. Unless you are imbecile and/or porn fan you wont have any issues with MS OS. I have not seen BSOD since Win98, or have some infection after release of XP SP2.
Check Martin Walters "Alter Vista" on Sound on sound (October 2008 I think), Vista is good OS, unfortunately not for music so for performance I have XP notebook. The DPC is , on same machine, usually around 10% of Vistas.
If your notebook is T7xxx or better then I wouldnt bother tweaking much the XP. Vista without tweaks is audio unusable, and those cost time. If I was to install new MS OS today ,would definitely go for 7 or buy Mac.

 

If you are going to wipe the computer to put XP in, reinstall Vista and update it off the fresh install. More then 90% of the time its spyware, malware and bad maintenance that causes this. Cant hurt and should save you some money.

 

Surprised this wasn't mentioned yet, but you can download Windows 7 RC for free from the Microsoft website now. We've got one computer running it at MIK headquarters and I'll be upgrading my lappy with it next month. I haven't used it yet myself but I've heard good reports about it.

 

Chad MIK,

I happy to hear about your good experiences with windows 7. I am what you would call semi-literate when it comes to computers and operating systems. I will wait until they release the full version of win 7 and then see what people report on the forums before I upgrade.

right now my set up is very solid no pops no clicks and my fire wire cable is staying in palace.

I still get a few yellow bars when I run DPC latency checker but I suspect with a few more system tweaks I can get things even tighter.

best

shawn~

 

this just ran across the wires - Google-Operating-System I wonder how this will work with traktor?

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BC-US-TEC-Google-Operating-System, Bgt
code:2
Update:UPDATES with opening stock prices, raises reference to
Android on netbooks.
Budget
INDEX: Computing And Information Technology, Design And
Engineering, Business
SYMBOL:NASDAQ:GOOG,NASDAQ:MSFT,NASDAQ:AAPL
HL:Google attacks Microsoft with browser-based OS for low-cost
computers
By Michael Liedtke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUN VALLEY, Idaho -- Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is working on a new
operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to
diminish Microsoft Corp.'s long-standing control over people's
computer experience.
The new operating system, announced Tuesday night on Google's
website, will be based on the company's nine-month-old Web browser,
Chrome. Google intends to rely on help from the community of
open-source programmers to develop the Chrome operating system,
which is expected to begin running computers in the second half of
2010.
Shares of Google jumped $6.92, 1.8 per cent, to $403.55 in
morning trading Wednesday, while Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) fell 15
cents to $22.38.
Google is designing the operating system primarily for
"netbooks," a lower-cost, less powerful breed of laptop computers
that is becoming increasingly popular among budget-conscious
consumers primarily interested in surfing the Web.
Google has already introduced an operating system for smart
phones and other mobile devices, called Android, that vies against
various other systems, including ones made by Microsoft and Apple
Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
The Android system worked well enough to entice some computer
makers to begin developing netbooks that will run on it. For
instance, Acer Inc., the world's third-largest PC maker, said last
month it would make netbooks that run Android instead of Windows.
Acer said Android would make the computers less expensive and
possibly help them boot up faster.
Google, though, apparently believes a Chrome-based system will be
better suited for netbooks.
That is a direct challenge to Microsoft, whose next operating
system, Windows 7, is being geared for netbooks as well as larger
computers. And it would be Google's boldest confrontation yet with
its biggest nemesis.
Microsoft had no immediate comment Wednesday.
A duel between the two technology powerhouses has been steadily
escalating in recent years as Google's dominance of the Internet's
lucrative search market has given it the means to threaten Microsoft
in ways that few other companies can.
Google already has rankled Microsoft by luring some of its top
employees and developing an online package of computer programs that
provide an alternative to Microsoft's top-selling word processing,
spreadsheet and calendar applications.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has been trying to thwart Google by
investing billions of dollars to improve its own Internet search and
advertising systems -- to little avail so far.
In the past month or so, though, Microsoft has been winning
positive reviews and picking up more users with the latest upgrade
to its search engine, now called Bing. Microsoft is hailing the
makeover with a $100-million marketing campaign.
Now Google is aiming for Microsoft's financial jugular with
Chrome its operating system.
Microsoft has drawn much of its power -- and profits -- from the
Windows operating system that has steered most personal computers
for the past two decades.
Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, and its co-founders,
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have not concealed their disdain for
Windows.
Schmidt maintains Microsoft sometimes unfairly rigs its operating
system to limit consumer choices -- something that Microsoft has
consistently denied doing. Google fears Microsoft could limit access
to its search engine and other products if Windows is set up to
favour Microsoft products.
Google made a veiled reference to Windows' perceived shortcomings
in its blog posting Tuesday.
"We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear --
computers need to get better," wrote Sundar Pichai, Google's
vice-president of product management and Linus Upson, Google's
engineering director. "We believe choice will drive innovation for
the benefit of everyone, including Google."
Schmidt and Brin are expected to discuss Google's new operating
system this week when they appear at a media conference hosted by
Allen&Co. at the Sun Valley resort in Idaho.
Despite its own power and prominence, Google won't have an easy
time changing the status quo that has governed personal computing.
As an example of how difficult it is to topple a long-established
market leader, Google estimates about 30 million people are now
using its Chrome browser -- a small fraction of those that rely on
Microsoft's market-leading Internet Explorer. And there have been
various attempts to develop open-source software to undermine
Windows on PCs, with relatively little effect.

10:50ET 08-07-09

 

Well, from the article it looks like it's primarily for netbooks, which will probably not have enough power to run Traktor. Interesting article though.

It's scary how many people still use IE. You'd think people would notice all of the news articles about security leaks.