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 Sun 28 Aug 2005, 19:20
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I'm currently a PC user considering the switch to Mac. Not sure if it's just a filthy rumour, but I've heard that OSX will be available for PC users soon. If this is true, would there be any reason to still make the switch? I'm curious to know what you guys and gals think.
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Tue 6 Sep 2005, 13:55
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Glad to be of help.
;-) Yeah, I have both a G5 for my studio and a PowerBook for my 'remote' sessions. I have not had any issues with either as a platform for recording music. Selling all my Wintel hardware gave me a good net gain to reinvest in my Macs. Also, no "time to format" or the GPF blue screens to deal with. The G5 is more flexible (PCI bus, AGP bus, more drives and drive options, etc) but the PowerBook works extremely well. The only "drawback" to using the PowerBook as your work station is that you are "limited" to Firewire or USB as your interface. Right now, my trio is recording our scratch ideas on a PB G4 1.33Ghz machine using the MOTU 828MkII without issue. If you go the PowerBook route, max out your RAM (2GB) either when you purchase or after the sale (http://www.memoryx.com/ is a great source of high quality RAM at lower prices) and get at least the 80GB HDD and the ComboDrive (CD-RW/DVD) or the SuperDrive (CD-RW/DVD-R) if you want to archive or burn DVDs. I have used both Logic and DP4.5 on the PB and had great results to date. Good luck with the decision making. Personally, I think you'd enjoy using the Mac as you would spend more time creating rather than troubleshooting. peace, deacon -------------------- |
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japanarian Osx On Pc Sun 28 Aug 2005, 19:20
coldharbour Apple has stated that it will not make OS X availa... Sun 28 Aug 2005, 20:42 Mr12AX7 Hello out there,
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newrigel QUOTE (beyaRecords @ Sat 3 Sep 2005, 00:4... Sat 29 Jul 2006, 08:24 japanarian Hey guys. Thanks for your comments. Much appreciat... Sun 4 Sep 2005, 20:49 deaconblue Hey the J,
The Macs reputation is due to the OS p... Mon 5 Sep 2005, 15:39 Mr12AX7 Hi The J.
That is good advice from deacon. A move... Mon 5 Sep 2005, 16:57 japanarian Awesome. No need for apologies DB. Questions are a... Mon 5 Sep 2005, 19:16 japanarian Hey everyone. Thanks for all of your help. I'v... Sat 24 Sep 2005, 01:32 |
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