vEddY wrote:Hey Rob,
Always glad to help, I was ... happy to see the move to the new platform
It was a rejoice-post
I think that now you've hit kind of sweet-spot with OSL as it will be powerful enough to do almost anything in terms of VST's. I would actually like to try it out when it's available, review it, and - if everything works as advertised, I would seriously consider buying it. Now it's much closer to what I'd like to have in terms of CPU power.
What's your take on hardware upgrade policy, btw? Does plugging in a SSD void warranty?
Hi vEddY,
There are two external USB3 ports. Plugging in an external SSD to one of the USB3 ports will not invalidate warranty. Nor will plugging in any external drive e.g. pen drives, external HDD etc.
http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-enyo-u ... drive.html
Also there is now an internal bracket for installing up to two USB2 internal pen drives or security "dongles", a supported user-install option.
If you want to change the processor, plug extra RAM devices in or change the internal HDD for an internal SSD then there are three options:
- a) Get us to install and test them at the time of purchase, in which case they are warrantied.
b) Fit them yourself but invalidate the warranty.
c) Wait 'till the warranty expires, then fit them yourself.
Although SSD's are much faster than HDD's, there is a reliability issue. SSD memory cells typically fail after 100,000 writes to the same location (resulting in capacity falling off with time, since the SSD controller maps the bad sectors out). You don't notice this for the first few months since there are between 10% and 20% un-allocated sectors that are used up first. But after that, an SSD can become rapidly unusable because its capacity shrinks with time especially if it is used as a system swap-file disk.
For that reason, we don't recommend exchanging the internal HDD for an SSD in which e.g. Windows swap files, registry, and TMP directory are on the SSD since these will cause premature ageing of the SSD. So we will only supply a system with both an SSD and a HDD, in which Windows and application software load from the SSD, but where Windows swap files, registry, and TMP directory are relocated (by us at install time) to be placed on the HDD.
We will be sending units for review by the mainstream music press, they will choose their technical authors. There will be a 30 day money back offer (less cost of postage) if a customer decides not to keep the unit after purchasing it.
) for all your great support and comments...
= the best (maybe i am wrong)
= not everyone like this (maybe i am wrong)
