windows 7

[Doug Bracey]

Thanks Douglas I appreciate the reply, I was hoping that windows 7 would be the salvation for hoster use and I wouldn't have to keep searching for a unit with xp on it.
But I guess I'll continue my search for laptops with xp on them.
I'd really love to buy a mac and install my xp on it and use that for hoster but looking through the forums I see other people have tried to use windows 7 with a mac and run hoster but didn't have much success with that so I don't know if a mac with xp would work ok or not.
But anyway thanks for the reply and it looks like you have been at this quite a while, (that is using hoster)
I used to correspond with Mad JIm a lot he was sort of a guru as well when it came to hoster, sorry to hear about his passing.

[ddouglass]

Doug if you are looking for a laptop that you can still get XP on look at Dell in their Small Business section. There they offer XP,Vista or Windows 7.

[capnvic]

Originally Posted by Doug Bracey

Thanks Douglas I appreciate the reply, I was hoping that windows 7 would be the salvation for hoster use and I wouldn't have to keep searching for a unit with xp on it.
But I guess I'll continue my search for laptops with xp on them.
I'd really love to buy a mac and install my xp on it and use that for hoster but looking through the forums I see other people have tried to use windows 7 with a mac and run hoster but didn't have much success with that so I don't know if a mac with xp would work ok or not.
But anyway thanks for the reply and it looks like you have been at this quite a while, (that is using hoster)
I used to correspond with Mad JIm a lot he was sort of a guru as well when it came to hoster, sorry to hear about his passing.

I have been running Hoster on my Dell Latitiude E5500 running Windows 7 ultimate 32bit, with no problems whatsoever. As DDouglas recommended, make sure you apply the necessary changes with Hoster as if you were running VISTA.
FYI:Dell still has a lot of laptops running XP available in the outlet. That is where I purchased my Dell Latitude.

[Deeter]

I have Hoster working on my Macbook Pro using Boot Camp and Windows 7 64 bit Pro. It seems to be working fine. I did notice a difference after installing Symantec. Just make sure you turn off all the virus checking/scanning stuff.....

[MTUSUPPORT]

Windows 7 is what I am now shipping at MTU. The main reason is that we found that it is STABLE. I have been using it on my Personal/Work computer and had no issues with it.

The major difference I found for Hoster is that on the Same hardware, my laptop, under Windows XP it took my system about 6-8 Seconds per song to run Remove Silence, on Windows 7 on the same hardware it now takes 1 second per song. Thats a HUGE speed up, in under the cover stuff that you do not see in Windows.

This is a main reason that we switched.

[WaltR]

Originally Posted by MTUSUPPORT

Windows 7 is what I am now shipping at MTU. The main reason is that we found that it is STABLE. I have been using it on my Personal/Work computer and had no issues with it.

The major difference I found for Hoster is that on the Same hardware, my laptop, under Windows XP it took my system about 6-8 Seconds per song to run Remove Silence, on Windows 7 on the same hardware it now takes 1 second per song. Thats a HUGE speed up, in under the cover stuff that you do not see in Windows.

This is a main reason that we switched.

Didn't I read a post recently that Holster wouldn't perform well in Windows 7, 64 bit? It performed well in Window 7, 32 bit? Or am I mistaken?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by WaltR

Didn't I read a post recently that Holster wouldn't perform well in Windows 7, 64 bit? It performed well in Window 7, 32 bit? Or am I mistaken?

You are slightly mistaken. That was Microstudio and it is because it can't write to a CD in 64 bit. Hoster works fine because there is no burn capability.

[WaltR]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

You are slightly mistaken. That was Microstudio and it is because it can't write to a CD in 64 bit. Hoster works fine because there is no burn capability.

Thank you Dale for the correction. So Hoster works ok with Windows 7 64 bit?