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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
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I wonder how many people are still running Shows on a 7yr old laptop with XP. |
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
Well, I made a decision and bought an HP with i5, 4G Ram & Intel HD 4000 graphics, with Win 7. Anxious to see how Hoster (and all MTU programs)will perform on it after using Vista for so long.
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
I ran my show for quite a few months with my 6 yr old HP laptop with Vista while my main computer was dead - that one had XP too.
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Show PC Lenovo nVidia 3.2ghz proc Win 8.1 64bit Vid: nVidia GT720 2gb mem Aud: Lexicon Alpha Mem: 8gb ram HD: 1tb int/1tb int Test PC ASUS AMD 4ghz 8 core proc Win 7 Pro 32 bit Vid: LP Radeon HD 5450 Video Card - 1GB Aud: Lexicon Omega USB I/O Interface Mem: 16gb ram HD: 1TB/1TB Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/lonmanproductions |
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Did you run your shows with XP also? Most people that post that they do seem to be using older versions of Hoster. I am up-to-date, run my Shows (2-3 weekly) & do testing on my old Vista and it's still running smooth. But, I decided it was time to upgrade before something breaks & I have no choice but to go to Win8.
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
I ran XP up until Oct last year when my show computer died. When I got the new computer it came with Win 7 Pro so I stuck with it. I will NOT get 8 until absolutely necessary. Win 7 should be supported for quite a few years before it's pushed off.
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Show PC Lenovo nVidia 3.2ghz proc Win 8.1 64bit Vid: nVidia GT720 2gb mem Aud: Lexicon Alpha Mem: 8gb ram HD: 1tb int/1tb int Test PC ASUS AMD 4ghz 8 core proc Win 7 Pro 32 bit Vid: LP Radeon HD 5450 Video Card - 1GB Aud: Lexicon Omega USB I/O Interface Mem: 16gb ram HD: 1TB/1TB Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/lonmanproductions |
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
So was it your Vista laptop that died? Your specs say it had an Intel processor. Guess I've been lucky my AMD is still running good. In fact, I have never had anything die on me yet. Guess I get a new one before anything happens. I hope to have my new one up & running by this weekend.
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
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And my mistake the replacement show system has Win 7 Home Prem. My test computer has Pro.
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Show PC Lenovo nVidia 3.2ghz proc Win 8.1 64bit Vid: nVidia GT720 2gb mem Aud: Lexicon Alpha Mem: 8gb ram HD: 1tb int/1tb int Test PC ASUS AMD 4ghz 8 core proc Win 7 Pro 32 bit Vid: LP Radeon HD 5450 Video Card - 1GB Aud: Lexicon Omega USB I/O Interface Mem: 16gb ram HD: 1TB/1TB Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/lonmanproductions |
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Thanks for sharing. So, it sounds like I bought the right thing - Win7 Pro. Installing Windows Updates now. Surprised how fast it's doing that.
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
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Does anyone know if you can back down from Win8 to Win7 if you're forced to purchase a computer with Win8?
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
If you reformat your hard drive you should be able to load it with whatever you have - provided all of the hardware is compatible to run on the Win 7 platform - which i'd bet it would be.
Or you may be able to set up a partition on your OS hard drive and load Win 7 on that section having a choice of OS when you boot up. Not sure how that works though.
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Show PC Lenovo nVidia 3.2ghz proc Win 8.1 64bit Vid: nVidia GT720 2gb mem Aud: Lexicon Alpha Mem: 8gb ram HD: 1tb int/1tb int Test PC ASUS AMD 4ghz 8 core proc Win 7 Pro 32 bit Vid: LP Radeon HD 5450 Video Card - 1GB Aud: Lexicon Omega USB I/O Interface Mem: 16gb ram HD: 1TB/1TB Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/lonmanproductions |
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
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HP gives you a choice. Win7 is considered a downgrade from Win8. |
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
When Vista came out and all the betas were having problems running Hoster... I downgraded to XP when I bought a new computer... been 3 or 4 yrs now, and running XP on my Show laptop, and Windows 7 on my test computer (Acer)... haven't heard anything good about Win 8, so I'll hold off until absolutely necessary!
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Rick Rikki Tikki Karaoke Show Computer: Dell Precision M6700--Intel I7 3720 QM Quad 3rd Gen 2.6 ghz--16 gb Ram Integrated Onboard Graphics, 2 gb DDR2 dedicated Video Memory--500 gb SSD & 1TB SATA HD--Windows 7 Pro--External HD WD 4 tb Backup Computer: Lenovo Ideapad 7750G--PCI Express X16 Gen3 2.5 ghz--32 gb RAM--NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M, 2048 MB DDR3 --1 TB SSD--Windows 10 Education -- 64 bit External Optical Drives: Plextor 760A & 712A |
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Re: Windows 7 or 8 for Hoster
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I Googled it and what I read is "IF" you buy a system with Win8 "PRO" (more expensive) there is a way to back down to Win7. This is an excerpt from the article: Hewlett-Packard is typical: It does not support downgrades of consumer-grade Windows 8 PCs to Windows 7. But if you buy a machine loaded with Windows 8 Pro, you can make the jump. HP's policy is based on Microsoft's licensing terms, which support downgrade rights only to new PCs preloaded with Windows 8 Pro, the version of Windows designed for business. Unfortunately, machines loaded with Windows 8 Pro will demand a pricing premium over similarly spec'd Windows 8 systems. We ran a quick comparison survey of machines from HP, Dell, and Toshiba, and found that an upgrade to the Pro version of Windows 8 increased system prices anywhere between $35 and $100. Me... I will gladly pay the difference!
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