Thing is though - why throw out perfectly good computer/interface/software just to keep up with the latest.

My main music and video computer is still a Core2Quad and it runs everything perfectly - as long as it does and I produce my end result i.e. CD or DVD who cares how I got there. I reached saturation point with VSTi's and VST effects a long time ago. I mean - how many compressors, equalisers, reverb units etc do I really need. The same with VSTi's - unless a new synth is radically different - why bother?

I must be the kind of guy the sales people hate! I refuse to make myself poorer just to have the newest for the sake of having the newest and impressing my friends, neighbours, whoever.

That being said, I do fly along with the latest from PG Music twice a year - I feel BIAB is worth it.

I will not upgrade to Windows 8, I will not buy any new computers until something breaks and I am forced to. I will not upgrade just to satisfy the CPU and memory needs of the latest VST plugin either. And half the time buying a new computer means a new sound card due to missing PCI slots (some new motherboards do not have them).

I still have an old HP Vectra 486/25 computer with an AWE32 Soundblaster card and a Roland MPU-401AT card with daughterboard installed in it which still runs OK on a mixture of DOS and Windows 95. All my very old software i.e. BIAB ver 2.0, Cakewalk 4.0 for DOS, Cakewalk 3 for Windows et al. I have a whale of a time with the old stuff and I can still use it to make music.

So Matt as long as your Tascam works with Windows 7 - why upgrade?


Kevin