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Originally Posted by Tubthumper
... Pro Tools 11.3.1 doesn't struggle on my current Win 7 64 PC, it runs great, and my sessions are 24/96. I'm not planning on upgrading Pro Tools (I don't have enough RAM for that), just Windows.
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Lots of people are happy to "lockdown" an earlier version of Pro Tools with an earlier OS - I was told our ABC still uses Pro Tools 8 - haven't checked if this is still the case ...
My initial reaction was to suggest: just be happy with Windows 7, if it wasn't for Microsoft's announcing Windows 11 - I don't know how long the free 7-to-10 upgrade will last, once Windows 11 is flying ...
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Originally Posted by Tubthumper
is Win 10 Home more resource hungry than Win 7 Home 64 bit SP1? If so, then Pro Tools won't be performing as well as it does currently.
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Windows 10 "feels" faster than Windows 7 - it's a great upgrade!
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Originally Posted by albee1952
...get a fresh SSD of 500GB and clone your current C: drive. Then pull your current C: drive, install the SSD and update that drive to Windows 10(or reload everything from scratch) so your current C: drive does not get altered at all. Doing this will allow you to revert back to what you have now in case the Windows 10 install/update has any issues(IOW, don't ruin a working system while trying to make it better).
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For cloning, I'm happy with Acronis True Image version 23.5.17750 - but it seems Macrium Reflect is the most popular, as it offers more …