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Not to worry, Microsoft is pretty much guaranteed to up the performance ante (or the bloatware ante, if you will) by introducing those entirely new Operating Systems that will no longer allow you to run the DAW software and/or the audio interface that you already own...



It is my hope that consumers will take a more responsible position in the computer audio world. Ultimately, the consumer determines the course of development of a product - to put it in simple terms: if we ain't buying, hardware/software producers will soon take action to find out what it is we will buy.

Marketers and advertisers do their best to influence the consumer, frequently employing unethical means, but it is well within the ability of any person to do some research and separate hype/nonsense from useful information.

From a more positive perspective... if we make it clear that we want solid value (and will accept no substitute), ethical members of the computer music industry will be happy to comply - and their advertising costs will drop dramatically, thus lowering the price of their wares.
Everybody wins.

just looking for clues...
Oren.
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