...haven't had to think about it in a long time. I can bounce between PT, Melodyne, RX7, Sibelius, Chrome, VLC, Transcribe! all day without having to worry about it. Can that be done in Windows as well? I would hope so but that's all I can remember about using Windows, compromise.
I still use my Hammerfall 9632 in my current PCAL rig, and it's one of my favorite cards of all time, never had a single issue working in Windows. I'll be super sad when I have to ditch it when I go into a new system, since it's PCI, but that'll give me a chance...
... This was particularly great for a series on early childhood behaviour, since there was little or no dialog to transcribe! I wish I could recall the name of that app.... I think the company that made it was based in Hawaii...