I bought a HP laptop earlier this year, dual core AMD, Vista 32 bit Home Premium. I yanked the Vista off it and put 64 bit Windows 7 RC on it (will eventually get the full version, once it's back in the MS Employee Store supply) and I've had no issues with it.

As to the VCS DXi, it didn't work on Vista 64 bit either, so that, in my opinion, is a moot point. But, then again, I don't run some VSTi plug ins. However, Cakewalk plug ins, Coyote Forte DXi plug in, and a lot of others I have no issue running them on a 64 bit system.

So, Ray, Asus is good, Acer is great (I have a netbook of theirs, I love it), I like my HP and I recommend multi-core, 64 bit CPUs and OS's.

Gary


I'm blessed watching God do what He does best. I've had a few rough years, and I'm still not back to where I want to be, but I'm on the way and things are looking far better now than what they were!