Yes, I'm sitting here with a Firewire control surface/sound module. Remember Firewire? And, my Firewire is implemented on a PCI card... Plus, Tascam has already announced it will issue no more drivers, so our small user community is hoping the Windows 7 drivers work in Windows 8.

For generalists, who want to use computers to do web surfing and word processing, this doesn't matter as much, but for those of us who specialize (pro audio in our case), hardware, software and standards obsolescence becomes a problem all too frequently.

BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.