witzendoz
Senior Member
Hi,
I usually use windows machines in the studio, not that I am anti mac as I have used macs and windows machines since they turned up. After the Atari 1040 LOL. So I don't want a mac v PC discussion. My moto is that the computer is a box full of components made to do a job.
I recently decided to start an upgrade, costed a new speced PC and started looking at the required new interfaces etc. I was going to stay windows as the software I had was all windows. However recently I had a guy come in to track drums, he brought in his gear, a Mac Mini and a universal interface, basically his whole studio. We had the discussion about new computers, after he stopped rolling around looking at my old computer, and he said mac is the way to go. I gave my usual mac or PC does not matter to me reply.
OK now the real discussion, I priced a new M1 mac mini, it works out 45% cheaper than the speced PC, I do not need a quiet case, do not need a thunderbolt card, etc as it already does this. I only need a Mini with the small SSD as I use external drives, and I have included extra ram. I was thinking of buying a fresh software upgrade anyway so this cost cancels out.
The small problem at present it seems that the M1 with the latest mac update has had compatibility problems with some software, however the software companies are promising a fix soon.
Do you think this is a good move, anyone using mac mini's? Buy the way my old day job I used a mac mini for my work computer for years and it never let me down.
Alan
I usually use windows machines in the studio, not that I am anti mac as I have used macs and windows machines since they turned up. After the Atari 1040 LOL. So I don't want a mac v PC discussion. My moto is that the computer is a box full of components made to do a job.
I recently decided to start an upgrade, costed a new speced PC and started looking at the required new interfaces etc. I was going to stay windows as the software I had was all windows. However recently I had a guy come in to track drums, he brought in his gear, a Mac Mini and a universal interface, basically his whole studio. We had the discussion about new computers, after he stopped rolling around looking at my old computer, and he said mac is the way to go. I gave my usual mac or PC does not matter to me reply.
OK now the real discussion, I priced a new M1 mac mini, it works out 45% cheaper than the speced PC, I do not need a quiet case, do not need a thunderbolt card, etc as it already does this. I only need a Mini with the small SSD as I use external drives, and I have included extra ram. I was thinking of buying a fresh software upgrade anyway so this cost cancels out.
The small problem at present it seems that the M1 with the latest mac update has had compatibility problems with some software, however the software companies are promising a fix soon.
Do you think this is a good move, anyone using mac mini's? Buy the way my old day job I used a mac mini for my work computer for years and it never let me down.
Alan