windows 7 or xp

monophunk · Post by **monophunk** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:08 pm

i just bought a new laptop, samsung 530, intel dual-core 2.1hz, 4gb, windows 7 32 bit, i also have windows xp, so my question is, what do you think is better for producing 7 or xp?

im working with ableton 8.1, fl 9.

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:24 pm

I haven't checked Ableton to see if it supports win7, but from what I hear from people on Win7 is that it's rock-solid!

Ronny Pries · Post by **Ronny Pries** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:36 pm

7, but go for the 64bit version cause your 32bit OS can't adress the full 4gb ram.

monophunk · Post by **monophunk** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:41 pm

yes ableton supprts windows 7 since 8.0.8, i installed yesterday and it works good till now....i dont know so much people on 7 (most of them are with mac or xp) so i dont know about any problems or crashes on 7 with other plugins or applications

monophunk · Post by **monophunk** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:45 pm

as far as i know ableton is a 32bit application...there still working on a 64-bit version.

AK · Post by AK » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:15 pm

Rock solid on my system, Win 7, quadcore pc, 4 gig ram. All my older stuff that I ran on XP ( which was my previous OS ) runs great too, no problems at all. 32 bit programs/plugins go into a program files called x86 but the compatibility is fine.

The ONLY thing I have had issues with are the drivers for an MAudio 24/96 card, they have yet to create a win7 driver and I am having to use a Vista 64bit one which doesn't allow the machine to turn off - I have to manually press the button.

Minimal Samples · Post by **Minimal Samples** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:59 am

If you have 4gb of ram user the 64gb version of Windows 7 as it can use all the memory instead of 3.5gb.

Personally I like windows 7 a lot but I find I have to make the icons smaller as they are much bigger than the default size in XP.

dubgil · Post by **dubgil** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:02 am

monophunk wrote:yes ableton supprts windows 7 since 8.0.8, i installed yesterday and it works good till now....i dont know so much people on 7 (most of them are with mac or xp) so i dont know about any problems or crashes on 7 with other plugins or applications

The only thing I'm having trouble with and it's a problem with my lappie is Win7 Aero is disabled when i launch Live 8 and the color scheme hogs my window sizing of Live, sometimes I lose the toolbar at the top as if I hit F11 in Live, but I have not done so.

Anyone have any tips?

It's not too bad, i know plenty of keyboard shortcuts without it, but... still a drag