[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 4/29/2013 7:23 PM, Trevor wrote:

Good luck finding a new Windows laptop with Firewire though

I don't even have an old Windows laptop with Firewire, but I have one
with a CardBus slot, and a Firewire adapter. But they don't even make
laptops with those slots or the one that replaced it (ExpressCard) any
more. But then why limit your choice to a laptop just because everyone
else seems to nowadays.

If I want a portable multiple recording setup, I'll take my Mackie
HDR24/96 and leave the computer at home. And for working in the studio,
I'd just as soon use the monitor, mouse, and keyboard of my choice and
not pay for the ones on a laptop that I'm not going to use.

So what you are forced to do at the
moment is hope your old one doesn't break down, can be fixed, or you can
find a S/H one that does the job.

You've lost me here. What's an S/H? I think it's going to be a while
before they build a motherboard that XP won't run on, so I can keep a
computer that will work with the discontinued interface and its drivers.
Of course everything breaks eventually, but it's easier to repair,
rebuild, or replace a computer than a multichannel audio interface. If
the 1200F hardware quit working, that would be the time to junk it. Just
for the sake of being able to do it I'd like to use the 1200F with Pro
Tools but that's not going to happen because of the lack of a Win7
driver for it. So I'll just have to use the Mackie 1640i and get 16x16
channels in and out . . . for a while anyway until Mackie discontinues
support for it. I'm not sure they have a Win8 driver yet.

And of course hoping to sell you a new unit instead of you using the old one
makes them happy too.

That's' part of the business model. Some people will buy a new model
from the company because their old one worked so well. Others will swear
that they'll never buy another piece of gear from that company because
support for their old unit has been abandoned.


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