Thanks for your interest, and the tips @simaudio. At the moment, I’m kinda stuck with W7 because the drivers for my audio interface aren’t compatible with W10. I could probably make do with something cheap with fewer ins and outs, but I don’t want to spend on an inferior unit if I can help it.
I also bought an upgrade to Cubase 10.5. Even though W7 is no longer supported for that version, I read that the only thing not working currently is the video export, which I don’t need. I wasn’t aware of the issue with some 64bit plugins though, so thanks for that info. I’ll look into that.
I am definitely limiting myself by stalwartly refusing to upgrade, but if it is possible to keep the current setup working without spending more on it, It’d be awesome. If not though, yeah, I guess I’ll bite the bullet.
I like the dual-boot idea. I currently dual-boot two copies of W7 so that I can keep my DAW (Cubase 7) system as clean as possible, and then I have a second installation for old games and junk. Perhaps I’ll go for W10 as my second boot option so I can try things on it. I know that eventually, I’m going to have to make the leap completely. I’ll definitely be considering my options over the coming months, since I’m likely to have the time at home to tinker with things because of this horrible virus that’s going around. And for that reason, I’ll be exploring more home-working options, but I would imagine video editing will be my main focus in that department. For that, we have a dedicated Mac. Might as well take the opportunity to try things out though.
Might be worth just trying the interface to see if it works when you do eventually get a copy of win 10.