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Win 8 is IMHO tweaked for touchscreen. The finger typists from blackberry influence. New systems slimmer than the iMac are coming. I ran win 8 on my laptop ok though.

I have 3 laptops and hate them with a passion now.

Beats me. What we need is a simple way to stream music and data to control lights, vocal boxes, projectors, and other peripherals such as stomp boxes. Heck, why are we stomping on buttons at 2'30" when we could control that? Seems dumb. It should go to a net protocol, then to a wireless version. Then, nirvana.



I just read in the new Guitar Player that Mackie and a BUNCH of other mixer makers are introducing "docking stations" for the iPad. The docking station as all the in/out jacks but the iPad replaces all physical sliders etc.

And you can walk around the venue with the iPad...undocked...and since it communicates wirelessly with the docking station, you can push the faders all you want to mix the sound while standing out in the room listening to what you are doing!!!

So, we may be a LOT closer to controlling lights, stomps, projectors etc. remotely from an iPad than you might think. (Of course, "virtual" stomp boxes already exist)

Amazing time we live in.

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Best,
Jim