[Wurlitzer]

Anyone using PCs for MIDI had better plan their exit strategy as while Win8 handles it, support for it has all but been dropped.

Seems MS wants to push those people to Apple. If I did not have a huge VB/Access application with my MIDI PC I would have switched after Win 7.

Even Win 7 has been slowing down with every subsequent Windows “Update” which I am firmly convinced MS deliberately adds performance slowing bloat so as to make the next OS attractive.

Well if they totally drop MIDI they made my choice. I’ll just have to rewrite about 10 years worth of development in VB/Access for my interface.

[OneWingedShark]

You're kidding, right?
MIDI is a pretty good piece of Tech, especially if you're considering SoundFonts. (You can get MP3+ quality in less than the megabyte MIDI-file + whatever SoundFonts you're using, which while they can be expensive [size-wise] can be "shared" across many MIDI-files.) IOW, MIDI+SF is ideal for games.