[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by eben333

Hi everyone. I have several questions and I hope I get an answers to them. I know some of these questions are pretty basic but I am not an active KJ and only do a few gigs per year so I don't always keep up to date. I did try to find some answers by searching on the forum but they tend to be outdated.

Currently, I have Hoster 3.317 working well on my rackmount computer running XP and a cheap XP laptop. I have been thinking about making some changes to this setup. I am thinking of using my MacBook Pro running Vista instead of the old laptop and keep the rackmount.

From reading several threads, it seems that 4.04 is having issues with Vista. I was thinking of going with Vista on my Macbook Pro to run Hoster.

1. If I upgrade from current version to 4.x, how does the license work to transfer to the machines I have? Currently I have one on my rackmount, which I would like to keep, but want to transfer the other from my old laptop to the MacBook Pro. How can this be done? Because when I tried to install 3.317 on another machine, it said that all my licenses have been used and can not be installed again. Old days I had a floppy disk to transfer license but none of my new machines have floppy drive anymore. Does having two different OS have any affect?

The license is for two computers at a time. Starting with 4.0 you must uninstall online 1 computer before you can install on another. Not sure on this point but If you install 3.xx on another machine you will be stuck with it there as it can't be uninstalled online

2. I can't seem to easily find XP in the market today, thus the decision to go Vista. If I do that, my rackmount will remain XP and the laptop Vista. Is it a good idea to consolidate both to a single OS? If I consolidate both, would it be better to go with XP on both or Vista on both?

Prevailing wisdom is that Vista is crap and unstable and is likely to remain that way for a while, So if you can get XP i'd say grab it. Other wise you can mix and match OS's, one doesn't effect the other

3. I couldn't find after search but I would assume that MacBook Pro running XP/Vista via Bootcamp and/or VMWare Fusion would work with Hoster? I have verified that the second monitor works fine under MacOS X so I am pretty sure it will work under Windows.

There was a thread here a year ago or so about running Hoster on Windows for Mac I don't recall if it worked or not.Probably just have to try and see.

4. Should I wait for 4.05 before making the change?

Theres no advantage or disadvantage to this.