That's the trick. The 64 bit is the part I am concerned with. The scenario is this. I need to buy a handful of laptops and MIDI keyboards for a local school. I am finding that it is almost impossible to find a new laptop today that has 32 bit technology. Dell, HP/Compaq, Gateway all are running 7 as if XP and Vista had never existed.

The writeups on the MIDI keyboard manufacturer's web site, like M-Audio, state they support up to Vista 32 bit.

I am not too familiar with the effects of the 64bit. But, I have read some of the news out there in addition to this board and found there are problems with the jump from 32 to 64. I am not very confident on buying the quantity of MIDI keyboards and their accompanying laptops only to find nothing works. Has anyone seen any reviews on the new MIDI keyboards and their adapting to the 64 bit world?

I am a bit ticked off at these PC manufacturers for this. Whenever a new OS was introduced you had several months, if not at least a year, to buy the previous OS. For this version it was almost like you were not given the option any longer. Makes me glad that I bought my PCs when Vista was available. I have not had any problems using Vista SP2.

Last edited by RickeG; 01/04/10 01:16 PM.