![]() ![]() ![]() Not only do I have no use for touch controls on a desktop, the Modern UI, or Microsoft's anemic Windows Store, even with Start button replacements like ClassicShell, Windows 8 made some tasks that used to be really trivial on Windows 7 (like restarting Windows in Advanced mode- something that I have to do quite frequently as a developer) much more onerous and complicated. ![]() There's not a single new feature in Windows 8 (or 10) that I need in order to make music or perform my day-to-day computing tasks.Even though my job requires that I use Windows 8 and Windows 10 on a daily basis, I still usually prefer Windows 7 for home use. I'm intimately familiar with Windows system internals, and I normally start programming for new Windows versions even before public tech preview editions of them are released (we get early builds directly from Microsoft). ![]() (The Pro versions and above also allow access to more than 16GB of RAM.)Īs a professional software developer, I've programmed for every version of Windows since 3.1. I prefer the Professional SKU of Windows 7 because unlike the Home versions, it includes the ability to operate as a Remote Desktop server, but it also doesn't include all the extra bloat that the Ultimate SKU brings with it. I chose to install the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional on this system. In this post, I'll talk about my choice of operating system, which drivers I used (and where to find the right ones), OS and BIOS tweaks, and the performance of this computer, as compared to my previous DAW PC. In part 1, I covered the part list, hardware assembly, and BIOS settings. This is the second article about my new Haswell-E-based Digital Audio Workstation PC. ![]()
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