Thanks for the information. While I understand the general desirability of updating, I probably won’t do that on that specific computer. The reasons have mostly to do with cost and the machine itself. It’s an older laptop, I really don’t trust it to run more than pretty simple shows. It sometimes comes up that I get asked to do something fairly simple on the last minute. Pairing it with the Enttec in my computer bag allows me to have a very simple solution to pull out that’s always with me, and doesn’t cost any more. Even just as a general business laptop that is starting to show it’s age. You may note I was musing on the FB page the other day about building another, more portable than my main system around a newer Surface Pro or equivalent, an M-Play and NX DMX, for 3 universes of much better reliability and power. Although that would cost much more, it seems like a better idea than trying to keep an older, marginal machine current.
Actually, I have other machines at home, desktops, one of which is of suitable spec to be a candidate for updating, BUT…you might notice I have another thread open on this forum about install problems, when I tried to update that machine, it didn’t work.
But thank you, you have given me the information I need to proceed.