Thanks Bill! Can you please send me a list of the components that you use for the computers that you install there in the USA, so I can try to find them here. Can you also send me a prices, so I can compare them and then dicide where to buy. Best regards, Mario----- Original Message ----- From: Bill To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 3:45 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Work station for Dancing Dots products Hi, Mario, Considering that you are living in Europe, it will probably not be cost-effective for you to order a digital audio workstation from us here in the U.S. The installation for SONAR 8.5 asks you which version you want to install, 32-bit or 64-bit. Some customers like to install both which is certainly possible. The 32-bit version currently supports more plug-ins as far as I know. Regards, Bill Bill McCann Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 www.DancingDots.com Tel: [001] 610-783-6692 From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mario Markovina Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 5:07 PM To: dancing dots Subject: [ddots-l] Work station for Dancing Dots products Hi all! I have a seven years old computer, now good only for the trash container. I want to buy a new one for my studio, and can spend arround 1000 euros. I am planning to use it only for Cakewalk with caketalking scripts, and Goodfeel with Jaws 11. Few days ago I went to the computer shop, and they gave me a offering that looks like this: motherboard Asrock P67 Extreme6 B3 processor Intel Core i5-2500 K Soc 1155 cooler Zalman CPU cooler -CNPS11X EXTREME memory Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1600 C8 grafic kard XFX HD5450 512MB, HDMI, passive hard disc Seagate, 2TB, 64MB, 6Gb/s, Barracuda LG DVD-RW tower ZALMANZ9 PLUS Price in cash : 1200 dolars. I am only a musician, and don't know much about computers, so I need an advice. I am now using a Tascam US-144MKII, and i am considering to aquire Mackie Onyx. In my studio I am planning to record mostly audio, it will be acapella singing, small chamber orchestras and bands, but there will be midi to. There is another matter, Which OS do you recommand, XP or Windows 7? I red in the tutorials for sonar that I must install 32 bit version even if it is running on windows 7 64 bit, but in this list i found out that lots of you folks are using 64 bit cakewalk program! Did i miss update or missunderstood something?! Thanks in advance! Best regards Mario