Support for Hi MD

[mangizmo]

As Sony still market a Hi-Md unit in the UK...and I think there are still units sold in Japan...is it reasonable to assume that support for SS will continue for a few years yet ?

I am worried about a future update of windows rendering my equipment useless

[tekdroid]

As Sony still market a Hi-Md unit in the UK...and I think there are still units sold in Japan...is it reasonable to assume that support for SS will continue for a few years yet ?

I am worried about a future update of windows rendering my equipment useless

Personally I wouldn't count on it. All of Sony's new stuff seems to be moving in a different direction, but you never know what might happen in Japan. Virtual machines are always an option, anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine

For the last few years I have never installed SonicStage in my main operating system, but in a virtual machine in apps such as VMware, Parallels, VirtualBox, etc. This way the virtual machine application just needs to support your current operating system, which seems very very likely as the future goes on. What you run inside it is up to you.

[mmp64]

As Sony still market a Hi-Md unit in the UK...and I think there are still units sold in Japan...is it reasonable to assume that support for SS will continue for a few years yet ?

I am worried about a future update of windows rendering my equipment useless

Well, I think MS is going to support Windows XP until 2013, and Sony has already released an update for SonicStage to work under Windows Vista which should be around well beyond 2013, so I think you are safe for several years. But Sony and Microsoft are kind of a hideous combination when it comes to software, so you never know.

[Hungerdunger]

Well, I think MS is going to support Windows XP until 2013, and Sony has already released an update for SonicStage to work under Windows Vista which should be around well beyond 2013, so I think you are safe for several years.

I know you don't need Simple Burner (although I find it very useful), but aren't I right in thinking this doesn't work under Vista?

[mmp64]

I know you don't need Simple Burner (although I find it very useful), but aren't I right in thinking this doesn't work under Vista?

That I am not sure of. I hope that is not true, because the option to not HAVE to have a PC-based library is one of the advantages of MD, IMHO.

[1kyle]

I know you don't need Simple Burner (although I find it very useful), but aren't I right in thinking this doesn't work under Vista?

It doesn't work under VISTA but works fine on an XP Virtual machine running on Linux Or VISTA. Just don't plug in the MD until you've "Powered on" your VM so the VM can "take ownership" of the USB /MD device.

I use SB a lot.

You need to have SS installed but you don't need to use it. You actually need to install the openmg module --but it's easier just to install SS complete - then install SB.

Cheers

-K

Edited November 4, 2008 by 1kyle