Mac Or Pc, Help, is mac better for music? Options

[jd222]

I know its a biased forum, but is there any advantage to getting a Mac over a PC. I was set to buy the G4 15" powerbook w/ 512MB of RAM for about USD$2600 ot use with cubase sx, but I realized that for the same price I can get a pc with twice as much memory and a processor with double the speed, and I I've herad that cubase runs much better on a pc. But, mac users swear by their computers. Any thoughts.

[rickenbacker]

I think manexmachina has put the case for Macs pretty sweetly there.

Not much more to add, except to say I agree that Macs don't get in the way of your work - it's a much more transparent computing experience. Much less stressful. Some great integrated software bundled free, too. iLife - superb.

Music software for Macs? To be honest, with very few exceptions, anything you can't buy for a Mac you won't ever miss. Everything professional is available for Macs: Cubase SX, Logic (Mac only), Pro Tools, Digital Performer (Mac Only), Reason, Live, Melodyne, BIAS Deak and Peak, plus all the soft synths you could ever want.

I use SX and Logic and like 'em both pretty equally. No major headaches for me running SX on a 600MHz G3 iBook - it shouldn't even run on my G3 system according to the SX manual, but it's been OK. The only problem comes when my USB interface can't handle the data flow or I use too many plugins.

Finally, Mac laptops are very, very cool. I almost bought a PowerBook recently, but I've now settled on a PowerMac. With dual processor support, your music apps like SX or Logic will really fly.

I wouldn't necessarily wait six months for new machine announcements from Apple either - why waste a year waiting for a new machine when you could start making music today with a Mac that'll still blow you away in terms of raw power?