installation under win 7 is zero .... have to go into safe mode
no worries on xp and I do not know vista
the manual is clear that damage is done for all versions because there are functions that do not exist in this version of sonar7

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

2.5gh athlon 64 dual core, 300 gb hdd 160 more, 4gb of ram, windows 7, Tascam FireOne. no worries performance, a dozen virtual instruments including those run without problem and integrates sounds free (excellents!) of EWQL orchestra. the software is stable. I have not had any problem of incompatibility. the audio engine is good quality. on the other hand, there are not many VST plug-ins at the outcome, just the basic what. at the same time, there are very good things in freeware as these old "classic effects" (classic master limited etc). I want to say that the FireOne running with win Sonar 7, but not 7 win him even, I think it's an incompatibility of the FireOne with dx 11 and dx10

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two weeks so it's not very objective. It is inexpensive, runs well. before, I tried cubase lite, sx1, 2 and 3, Ableton Live Lite 6 and 6 in the demo, cubase vst 32.
+ Good price quality ratio
+ No need for a configuration of gross
+ Clear partition editor (at least more than in cubase)
+ Export noon, audio

Virtual-instrument means
Piano-roll interface not very clear
-Interface intgration instruments not very clear (I ram the beginners).