Windows 7

[cYrus]

A lot of people are already betatesting the new windows 7 and it looks very good so far. though it seems like the virus installer has some problems to run properly. the driver installer only pops up for a short time and doesn't do anything.

as windows 7 uses the same drivers as windows vista it shouldn't be a big problem to allow the installation on windows 7. currently i've installed the virus drivers by hand and it seems to work. but i would appreciate if access would change the installer to behave like on vista when running on windows 7.

thanks!

[Monobeat]

You should email access support instead of posting it here. They are wonderful people who respond directly and provide great customer support.

[cYrus]

You should email access support instead of posting it here. They are wonderful people who respond directly and provide great customer support.

you're right. is probably the better place for that. thanks.

[annikk.exe]

Interesting to hear, all the same. :> Can you use it without a touch screen..?

I doubt many people will be switching away from Windows XP anytime soon though.


-Annikk

[incubatid]

Interesting to hear, all the same. :> Can you use it without a touch screen..?

I doubt many people will be switching away from Windows XP anytime soon though.


-AnnikkI tend to disagree. Once they try Win 7 they may change their tune!

This thing is amazing. Combines the best of XP (speed, agility, stability) with a fresh easy to use interface. A world away from Vista!

:)

[Purusha]

I've got Win7 and Vista on my machine. Interestingly, Vista SP2 (beta) gives me almost identical performance to Win7. The SP2 bit is the important factor.

It's possible MS may have the kernel in sync between the two versions.

Either way - performance is good!

:)

[incubatid]

Even so, all the subtle changes to the UI in Win 7 make it soooo much more pleasant to use! Thank god someone with some sense (the Office team perhaps?) have finally gotten their hands on Windows.

I can't remember the last time it was refreshing to use a new Windows, rather than a drag. Uhhg.

(the Win 98/ME --> 2000/XP upgrade perhaps?)

[LivePsy]

Microsoft is trying to fool you. First the Mojave Experiment to get people to say they liked Vista when they didn't know it was, and now Windows 7 as being something completely new. I hope it works, because we all need something to replace XP soon. But it really is Vista SP2 with a new UI.

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[Juho L]

But it really is Vista SP2 with a new UI.

Check the kernel size.

[Purusha]

Even so, all the subtle changes to the UI in Win 7 make it soooo much more pleasant to use!

For example?

[LivePsy]

Yeah, I was a bit rash. I mean that its not a total rewrite. Its the apology for Vista but its not totally new like it appears to be.

[zeno]

I've heard from folks that Vista is the new Windows ME (fail) and Windows 7 is the new XP (win)

I'm looking forward to hearing news of the Virus working under Windows 7 with Ableton Live version 8.

With my new system on the way (i7), I'm looking forward to really gaining some performance from my old system (p4 3.0ghz)

Ez

[kolektor1]

i ve installed the win 2007 beta on my testing partition, all works fine i really love the new interface n i ve found the performance fine, compared to my main win 2008 server daw. tried on live 7 on my current PA works fine.

the only thing its the virus cant be use as a sound card under windows 7, the wdm driver seems not compatible yet, same for me powercore compact interface no wdm compatibility, anyone found a workaround? my powercore just dont work at all :(

i m really pleased with windows 7, sooo many time better than old shit vista :p
i m waiting for wdm driver support for all my gear then will do the switch on mynext daw i hope!

[Painfilter]

I also run Win 7 on my machine, and its working fine.
To install the Virus on Win7 you need to run the setup with the Vista emulation. Everything but the Audio Driver will be installed by it.
Then just extract the content from the msi file and install the driver manually.
Works perfect for me!

[Ceri JC]

Anyone used Windows 7 with a multitouch touchscreen display yet? If it works well, I can see Jazzmutant* going out of business overnight.

*manufacturers of the lemur: http://www.jazzmutant.com/lemur_overview.php

[annikk.exe]

I have used every Microsoft OS since DOS 5. Windows ME is infinitely, infinitely worse than Vista. The reason most people hate Vista is because all the commands moved to a different place, creating frustration for users who considered themselves experienced.

XP is more stable than Vista, but I'd hardly be comparing Vista to ME.... that's really not fair on Vista at all. ME was an absolute scandal.

Also, some computer professionals (friends) whose opinions I trust have said that Windows 7 is looking great. :>


-Annikk

[Hollowcell]

How does it compare with Ubuntu? :)

My windows installs are used much less these days - Wine has been good for that.

[annikk.exe]

Not much experience with Ubuntu, to be honest. My overriding impression is that it's a _gorgeous_ OS, very user friendly and beautifully designed, not to mention extremely stable. Unfortunately it has massive compatibility issues as not many manufacturers make drivers/software to work on Linux distributions.


-Annikk

[soundsubs]

I put Win7 on my machine and spent SOOOOOOOOO much time making it look like XP that i finally said F it.

That, and some things just didnt work nicely (the TI worked after some effort, the midisport midi card sorta worked, etc)

[7G]

Not much experience with Ubuntu, to be honest. My overriding impression is that it's a _gorgeous_ OS, very user friendly and beautifully designed, not to mention extremely stable. Unfortunately it has massive compatibility issues as not many manufacturers make drivers/software to work on Linux distributions.


-Annikk

I have to agree on that totally!!!
Linux is the best system you can get especially for Audio/Video applications...
Stable & Light...
Too bad about the compatibility issues:(
If only Ableton & Access gave us Linux drivers...
I'd be in heaven...hehehe:)