NorthTune said:
Sorry dude but XP sucks...
XP does work good with Reason but it's justs eat your processor alive man...
now... what .. are you talking about?
XP is GREAT sorry!
OPTIMIZE IT man!
Why do I like XP? Because you can tweak it MORE than ever (pretty much like a linux box actually). You can control every single parameter of the OS as you wish. Also it is more stable.
I have XP Pro on one partition of my drive, and I boot to it ONLY for my audio work. It is very very optimized. I modified many configuration files, disabled MOST services, and turned off all the effects.
I use Cubase VST 5 + Pulsar2 on Windows XP PRO and I NEVER crash. Furthermore, the CPU is barely used at all.
Take control of your OS, use multiple boots and partitions for different tasks... if you are smart about how you use your OS you'll be fine.
just create a new partition on your drive, install ONLY windows XP Pro + sequencer + other music socftware... the STRICT MINIMUM. Turn off all the services you don't need (there are +50 of them using CPU cycles you can turn off for music work)\
I am a bit tired of false rumors propagated about OS'es. Pre-2000 os's sucked I agree. but times have changed.
I think I'll write an article one day, with actual benchmarks, sttress test and all.