Mac Or Pc? Convert Me!, also cubase v emagic logic 6 v protools Options

[alexlively]

Ok here's the deal. I've been a PC user all my life. I know they're not sexy and crash lots. That's what has brought me to this forum. I want to change, but I need to be convinced.

I'm a singer/ songwriter in the need of a fairly decent set up to be able to write/ record and down the line do live performances with. To date I have been using other studios but it is about time I got to grips with the production myself. Some mates use Logic Platinum, some use Cubase. However I go it will be in the portable direction -laptop/ notebook. I want to go to the cheaper end- if it will do a good enough job ie buy up stuff that is a couple of years old. I will be doing mixture of midi and audio, with up to 10 inputs although for the time being it will mainly be one instrument at a time. So:

Mac or PC
Cubase or Logic or Protools. Which versions for value for money.
Any probs going laptop route?
I've got an old (4 years ago) Maxi Studio Isis interface (I think that's what it is)- is that still suitable for what I need.
What other software would I need if I went for one of the above, or should that be all I need.
What should I expect to have to pay- I'm hoping to do the whole thing for within 2k. Can go more or less, but it will all be a loan to add to my ever increasing debts!!!!

I've wandered round sites, read others posts. I'm a little tired, and confused and I'm needing a bit of tender loving care. If you can help, please do!

Lots of love Alex,

[lepetitmartien]

Oh my… a mac addicts meeting!

I won't follow the happy scenery that far. I 'm just thinking that even when the hardware is lagging (or was, as the G5 will be in the same league as similar priced PCs) the facts that:

- Apple is the only hardware purveyor is good because every part work with the others, no incompatibilites
- the number of peripherals and software is inferior but you miss mostly only the crappy stuff, and the possibilities of low quality software, incompatible stuff goes down. We don't hear the horror stories upon the soundcard that dosn't like the firewire card that doesn't like the graphic card. We may not have all. But it works. And what do you need? the megazillion thingium with surper 16dimension accelerations and dolby digital? Or a computer that works? And works well for the stuff YOU do, not what you are supposed to do in ads.
- OSX is getting stronger and better, we are still waiting on some software but it'll come. it's bases are open sources, the soft like the hardware is base on common grounds with other platform, we are more compatible than ever. And the UNIX/LINUX community will enrich us with loads of interesting stuff with Panther coming with X11. You are not even forced to use the commend line, which is a tour-de-force for a UNIX (even if it helps sometimes
- Sure, Apple can be rather baffling sometimes, but not a lot of computer related companies can still making their customers dream. Apple do. It may be sometimes a time/space continuum effect that only mac followers can understand, but a company has the customers it desserves. And apple is a love affair.
- now we have still here on the site doubts on the G5 audio demo as the PC was clearly not behaving like it should have but we still need to know all on this "test". But the NASA (not exactly goofy people) just confirmed the veritests on the G5. It's a great chip.

We only need all bi G5s and looooooooooads of plugins in OSX to be happy (Steve, think of me please

Now, a detail, I'm still on a G3 400 myself, I do my graphic designer job with it, no fuss, try this with a 4 years old PC, I'm not sure you'd be that happy. Note it's a bit lagging for virtual synths/samplers, but as I'm using real ones…

[moderator mode] Please, no Mac/PC war, we have already forbidden in the french forums already, and it's of no use this thing [/moderator mode]