I bit the bullet and bought a new PC... an i7 3.4 quad core w/12gb ram (will probably add another 4gb a lil later, Running 2 24/96 sound cards w/ 1 gb ram on each, a nividia gamer graphics card w/ 2 gb ram......and Win 7...... It kicks butt

IMO the guy they brought over from apple to develope Win 8 totally screwed up and I wanted to make sure I got my new computer with Win7 OS. The only issue I've had is that going from 32 bit to 64 I understand there will be a lot of compatibility issues with 32 bit plug-ins. I just don't see the economics to pay for a new custom reverb and some of the higher end plug-ins. Other than that the new system has worked flawlessly once I took the time to upgrade all the drivers.

I did upgrade to Sonar x2 Producer and it works well.