Thanks for the responses.
GDNRBOB, I'm not so worried about security as I have full McAfee protection and on auto renewal with them. I hardly use the older laptops for surfing the web, only uses my latest (still old but at least its Win 7 Pro with McAfee full suite protection active). Thanks for highlighting.
DTC, thank you. I am getting 44 KHz on 3 of them, (not 48 KHz) even the Win 7 Pro. The only one showing accurately and reproducing the data at 44.1 KHz is the 8 year old Netbook running Win XP Home with Win Media 8. I do not know of the setting or what WASAPI means in the system (cannot find it in the Win Media). I wrote to JR once and their response was a cold "look up their forum for all the guides" or something to that effect. I am a pure 2 channel guy, don't even have a TV at home. I am looking for sound clarity. I am worried that my new purchase may come up same as my current notebooks unless I have some "external" software installed.
I found the netbook sound by accident. I was cleaning my rack and found too many "boxes" and cables, MF VLink192 and V2Dac to amplifier. I have a net book lying around and decided to connect it direct to the CD player and compare, found the sound to be so close but saving lots of cables and boxes, not to mention the $$ saved.
I bought these workhorses as they are and use them as they are, no rigging, modifications, adding software or downloading any applications, (screwed up one notebook trying to install a software and had to send to the shop to reprogram, downloaded one software on another and found warning of Trojan, gave up trying. All programs are tested and installed during purchase (I'm an idiot, who would only buy when the shop is willing to show and run all the applications I need, before I do the purchase). These brick and motar shops are now filled with people that scorn when I ask them some basic questions and I can see all their smiles gone in a flash, :-( . I will continue to shop around till I find a shop that's willing to serve.
GDNRBOB, I'm not so worried about security as I have full McAfee protection and on auto renewal with them. I hardly use the older laptops for surfing the web, only uses my latest (still old but at least its Win 7 Pro with McAfee full suite protection active). Thanks for highlighting.
DTC, thank you. I am getting 44 KHz on 3 of them, (not 48 KHz) even the Win 7 Pro. The only one showing accurately and reproducing the data at 44.1 KHz is the 8 year old Netbook running Win XP Home with Win Media 8. I do not know of the setting or what WASAPI means in the system (cannot find it in the Win Media). I wrote to JR once and their response was a cold "look up their forum for all the guides" or something to that effect. I am a pure 2 channel guy, don't even have a TV at home. I am looking for sound clarity. I am worried that my new purchase may come up same as my current notebooks unless I have some "external" software installed.
I found the netbook sound by accident. I was cleaning my rack and found too many "boxes" and cables, MF VLink192 and V2Dac to amplifier. I have a net book lying around and decided to connect it direct to the CD player and compare, found the sound to be so close but saving lots of cables and boxes, not to mention the $$ saved.
I bought these workhorses as they are and use them as they are, no rigging, modifications, adding software or downloading any applications, (screwed up one notebook trying to install a software and had to send to the shop to reprogram, downloaded one software on another and found warning of Trojan, gave up trying. All programs are tested and installed during purchase (I'm an idiot, who would only buy when the shop is willing to show and run all the applications I need, before I do the purchase). These brick and motar shops are now filled with people that scorn when I ask them some basic questions and I can see all their smiles gone in a flash, :-( . I will continue to shop around till I find a shop that's willing to serve.