XP vs Vista on new box (NOT upgrade)

[Renmiri]

My new laptop is an HP that came preloaded with Vista. I had to fuss with a lot of my old programs to get them to run, but I do a lot of video editing and such. She might be ok for regular use.

PS: Vista is complete crap for sound recording.

Hi, Renmiri. How are you? How is your new Windows Vista operating system working?

I am thinking about buying a new computer and I do a lot of sound recording. Would I want to avoid Windows Vista? Is it because of problems that Windows Vista has with hardware?

Vista changed the way windows handles sounds and so far I found that most manufacturers are having a tough time making good drivers for it. - i.e. drivers with lots of features for us to control -

The sound driver I have mixes the mike input with the stereo output, which means that I can't get a good clear sound out of wavepad or any other PC sound recorder. Read: No more ripping songs from youtube. You either download the OST or you are in for crappy handheld tape recorder sound.

EDIT: Read the Adobe support entries about Vista. You will see the problems I got

PS: Vista is complete crap for sound recording.

No, it's not. ..

If you like your recordings with "snap, crackle and pop"...

I blame it on the (probably) crappy software and hardware you are using.

If you really wanted proper sound recording, you'd use a mixer...

Precisely. It will force me to buy new hardware, and new software, which with my old laptop wasn't needed.

[Vyk]

Forcing everyone to shell out cash for amatuer professional equipment instead of just the tinkering hobbyist funtime stuff pre-equipped that used to work fine

Another strike against Vista. If it wasn't such a hassle I'd almost be tempted to wipe it off my laptop and put XP on it :[