What OS for a Music Computer?

[ambi]

hmm

im usin xp pro now, and i have it, and i'll be using on my next install. Im sure there is very little difference between pro and home, and considering i already have pro, its good.

 

[Milkman]

I run a dual boot of win 2k and xp pro...

I loaded win 2k because i am too lazy to reload xp...win 2k runs best for my audio, just because xp could use a clean install...

I have learned from my mistake: NEVER DO AN UPGRADE OF XP!!! ALWAYS DO A CLEAN INSTALL!!!

 

[Badger]

I run a dual boot of win 2k and xp pro...

I loaded win 2k because i am too lazy to reload xp...win 2k runs best for my audio, just because xp could use a clean install...

I have learned from my mistake: NEVER DO AN UPGRADE OF XP!!! ALWAYS DO A CLEAN INSTALL!!!

I disagree. I have done MANY upgrade installs of XP, without a problem. I even changed motherboards afterwords and let XP catch all the drivers, and it still works great. The upgrade feature of XP actually works, unlike some of the previous offerings.

 

[ambi]

hhjm

Yea im sure you've done several upgrades that "worked". But as a general rule NEVER upgrade.

 

[Badger]

Re: hhjm

Yea im sure you've done several upgrades that "worked". But as a general rule NEVER upgrade.

Well...

I do this for a living. Im not talking about working at best buy installing hard drives either. I have been working on computers since before the IBM pc was even out. I have worked with every PC operating system. Dos 1.x-6.x, Novel Dos, xenix, unix, CP/M,windows 1.x(which totally blew chunks), windows 3.x, OS/2, NT3.x, NT4, 2k, 95 a b and c, 98 ME. I beta tested 2k, XP, and ME.

My current job is as a systems administrator over a lab at a very large Aircraft manufacturer, we have a 15,000 node network (just our lan, the one site), so we get to test all the new stuff that microsoft and others bring out before anybody else, and my lab is where we test all the new computers, Os, network hardware, and applications that people are trying to sell us, or that our in-house developers come up with for bugs. In short, I try to break shit when I install new operating systems, I try to find the holes, so our techs and admins in the production enviroment wont find them the hard way. That said, your trying to tell Noah about the Ark here. I would totally agree with you on previous versions of windows, but XP does a really good job on upgrades. If the system is totally hosed, maybe you'll have problems, but if your system is in good shape, and you dont have any wierd, unsupported hardware, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY no reason to do a clean install.

 

[ambi]

hmm

well its time i layed down my qualifications. Im 18, i play with my computer in my basement, and i currently work part time in a bakery. HAH. But yea, its probably good with xp from what you've said, my experience is with the older versions of window, so i guess its not my place to say. thats a big node, but i packaged over 1000 cookies the other day! Lets see your techs do that! bahaha

 

[Diragor]

Experience and career history certainly doesn't prove a person knows what he/she is talking about - lord knows there are plenty of powerful, experienced morons in high places. Having said that, Bdgr is definitely right - Windows XP is the first version of Windows that seems to operate flawlessly* after an upgrade install.

(* as flawlessly as a cleanly installed copy of any Windows version has been known to operate)

P.S. The first comment above is not intended as a ding against Bdgr, just a comment about the general practice of posting your resume on a message board to support your point. If you know what you're talking about then the smart people will (sooner or later) recognize it. That's my philosophy, anyway.

 

[Badger]

Re: hmm

well its time i layed down my qualifications. Im 18, i play with my computer in my basement, and i currently work part time in a bakery. HAH. But yea, its probably good with xp from what you've said, my experience is with the older versions of window, so i guess its not my place to say. thats a big node, but i packaged over 1000 cookies the other day! Lets see your techs do that! bahaha

I bow to your superior baked goods skill...

 

[Badger]

P.S. The first comment above is not intended as a ding against Bdgr, just a comment about the general practice of posting your resume on a message board to support your point. If you know what you're talking about then the smart people will (sooner or later) recognize it. That's my philosophy, anyway.

Your absolutely right, and I normally dont do that.... I was just in bad mood last night. I apologize If I came off as bragging, and I apolgize to Ambi if it was rude.

One of the most frustrating things I run into at work is dealing with techs, and even admins, that have gotten a paper MCSE and coasted through work on that until they have enough "experiance" to land a job above thier skill level. Ive had managers that did that, and then took credit for thier employees work. It bugs the hell out of me. But I were to shoot them, then I would be the one to go to jail. What kind of justice is that.

 

[Diragor]

I know exactly what you mean. Scholastic aptitude, whether it's demonstrated in college or a certification program, often does not necessarily mean the person will be a clever, valuable employee (though I don't mean to knock formal education, which can be useful). I'm lucky that my current place of employment is full of good people but I've seen it before - especially in the military where a college degree automatically gives you the forced respect and unquestioning obedience of thousands of enlisted people who may very well be smarter and better at their job than you.

Back on topic, the recommendation of WinXP should be qualified a bit - it depends on your system. I have a PIII 800 that didn't run Logic 4.x very well under Win2k/XP with a MOTU 1224. I used WinME on that machine. On my newer system with an Athlon XP 1700+, faster hard drives and more memory, recording in WinXP works better than it did even with WinME on the PIII 800.

 

[ambi]

aha

haha, na it wasn't really rude. I just didn't know exactly what i was talking about, i assumed the former versions of windows would be the same as the current version. It put me in my place, which is good.