Want To Buy My First Mac... Don't Know What I Need, trying to solve ignorance |
Sat 13 Sep 2003, 21:40
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 13-Sep 03 From: Chico - US Member No.: 24,688 |
well... i need some major help. i have been making music on my piece of crap pc for a couple of years. it is really slow, so i don't have many options as to what i can run on it. anyway... i'm looking to get serious about the whole music making thing and know that MAC is the way to go. i know some basics of what i want, but don't know enough about macs or making REAL music using REAL equiptment. so... on to what i know i want:
g4 laptop 12" or 15" -i need a separate hard drive for my music. my wife intends to use this as her computer for her job too. i know ABOUT firewire, but don't know anything about it. i do know that i can only get firewire 400 on the 12 and 15". i have some synths, a 12 track mixer, a drum machine that i will adding to (of course) and would like to get to start really using them. anyway, i don't know what's available as far as specs go or what i want/need to get in order to sucessfully create music. so, as you can see... i need a lot of help here. i would like to make this purchase sooner than later and really appreciate your time. thanks |
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Fri 19 Sep 2003, 08:30
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Moderator Group: Team Posts: 370 Joined: 19-Mar 03 From: Umeå - SE Member No.: 14,645 |
I'll agree with you that the powerbooks are overpriced, underpowered depends on what you want to do with them.
You will always pay a premium prices for MAC:s because of small market share & higher developer costs. ( although the last years Apple have reduced their prices quite a bit - this is still the case ) However if you factor in support costs and life expectancy the TCO on Mac is much lower than for a PC. These days in flattened organisational structures and the expectation that every employee should do everything themselves - ( this is typical of academic institutions, universitys and the like ) you'll find that the hidden costs for using PC:s in any company are substantial. ( by hidden cocst I'm talking about lost productivity time, when users are sitting around asking themselves and workmates for help trying to figure things out ) I'll further agree that I would perhaps have to test-drive the G5 1,6 model on a regular basis for a week or so to back up my glib statement. ( I really dont think I'll have to retract it - hopefully I'll have one of the G5:s myself in Januari-2004 and we'll see ) However the fact that the "this Xeon server" or "that G5/G4 box" does fare well in benchmark tests or applaying phoshop-filters to giant graphics files, is just marketing hype. I says precious little about how that same "box" will behave in everyday use. That said I'll have to stick up for MAC OS X, in one respect, it is actually very good at copying lods of files over the network. Cheers: Dixiechicken -------------------- ==================
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impl0dr Want To Buy My First Mac... Don't Know What I Need Sat 13 Sep 2003, 21:40
boze hi implodr- i just read your post and i wanted to ... Mon 15 Sep 2003, 07:45
boze sorry for writing such a long post and sorry if it... Mon 15 Sep 2003, 07:47
dixiechicken Mac:s have always had a higher pricepoint than com... Tue 16 Sep 2003, 23:04
bracken I amazed the loops that some people jump through t... Tue 16 Sep 2003, 23:08
boze bracken- what is that supposed to mean exactly? i ... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 00:41
greatscott94 Hello Boze! I understand that you are just st... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 03:48
boze thx for being diplomatic, gs94- i appreciate it. ... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 07:14
greatscott94 Hi Boze I'm apologize for being defensive. I ... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 08:14
greatscott94 Hello impl0dr What I would recommend (not knowing... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 08:50
magness Hi Boze I'm a new forum contributor, but by n... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 10:41
boze i appreciate you trying to be light-hearted, but i... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 16:48
dixiechicken I'm not particularly interested in swaying peo... Fri 19 Sep 2003, 00:12
boze jeez, i'm getting outflanked on the left here.... Fri 19 Sep 2003, 02:34
boze thx gs- hey, if anybody is reading this thread (u... Fri 19 Sep 2003, 18:45
boze hi implodr- i just read your post and i wanted to ... Mon 15 Sep 2003, 07:45
boze sorry for writing such a long post and sorry if it... Mon 15 Sep 2003, 07:47
dixiechicken Mac:s have always had a higher pricepoint than com... Tue 16 Sep 2003, 23:04
bracken I amazed the loops that some people jump through t... Tue 16 Sep 2003, 23:08
boze bracken- what is that supposed to mean exactly? i ... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 00:41
greatscott94 Hello Boze! I understand that you are just st... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 03:48
boze thx for being diplomatic, gs94- i appreciate it. ... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 07:14
greatscott94 Hi Boze I'm apologize for being defensive. I ... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 08:14
greatscott94 Hello impl0dr What I would recommend (not knowing... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 08:50
magness Hi Boze I'm a new forum contributor, but by n... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 10:41
boze i appreciate you trying to be light-hearted, but i... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 16:48
dixiechicken I'm not particularly interested in swaying peo... Fri 19 Sep 2003, 00:12
boze jeez, i'm getting outflanked on the left here.... Fri 19 Sep 2003, 02:34
boze thx gs- hey, if anybody is reading this thread (u... Fri 19 Sep 2003, 18:45
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