Everything is the same as in Reaper 6 ->
http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php/topic,7746.0.htmlCockos is running some pretty tight code. Even on a Pentium M 1.2Ghz, this Daw is holding up. Especially, if you consider that I am running on Win98FE.
There is the VST UI issue. But as mentioned in the previous Reaper post, Docking it to the FX panel solves the issue.
I might enjoy using something else, for composition with only digital instruments. Mulab is high on my list (8 and 9 don't work with KernelEx). But with this laptop setup, and audio recording needs, I don't think I am going to beat Reaper. Not even with era appropriate DAWs.