From jackoverfull@gmail.com Fri May 18 03:15:15 2012
Subject:Re: Optimizing a Windows Laptop for VST use


Il giorno 18/mag/2012, alle ore 04.49, mark k ha scritto:

> Hi Jack,
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> Thanks for your critique of my reponse to another person's question.
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Was it a private answer? In that case personal emails are a must.

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> >>What's wrong with AMD? Or with PPCs, given the old mac is in goodconditions and runs the software?
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> Nothing - we live in world full of options - why not try them all. This is about PC's and not Macs and you tell us your old Mac can't cope.
>

1) Who said the Mac I use habitually is old? It's little over 3 years now, not that recent anymore, perhaps, but far from "old".
2) I've used VB3 on a now 10 years old Mac without any problem.
3) As often before, your taking occasional behavior

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> >> Why not XP, at this point? What's the advantage of 7?
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> I took into account your experience with XP freezing and crashing and in my experience Win 7 is even more bullet proof than XP.
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All right…

> >>4 USB ports? Lol
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> Yep "less is more" is the new mantra
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No, it's OK if you have 4/8/12 USB ports, but i wouldn't worry if the computer only has two.

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> Updates relate to a range of issues and not all are related to plugging security holes
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You mean XP still gets non-security fixes?

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