Mac vs PC

[Riffmonster]

Windows is its own punishment...

Telling me that Windows is cheaper than Mac is like telling me that MacDonald's is cheaper than my favorite restuarant.

If you need speed and processing power, a dual gig G4 does just fine...I haven't been to a recording studio yet that runs on a PC.

 

[getuhgrip]

Isn't buying a Mac kinda like buying a Yammahopper when all your friends ride REAL Harleys?

 

[M.Brane]

Isn't buying a Mac kinda like buying a Yammahopper when all your friends ride REAL Harleys?

Personally I wouldn't pay $10K + for a heavy, slow & loud bike regardless of brand. I'm just not into the "cruiser" thing. The new Buell Firebolt looks like my style: if it can deliver what Eric promises.

Something else that I saw in this thread that I found interesting was the talk of IBM potentially making chips for Apple. I'm running an IBM G3 in my Mac as I post this. Where ya' been?

 

[hokypokynose]

The only reason why Macs would be better than PCs is that Macs tell you what went wrong when you have to reboot. Macs come with a little more media hardware but it can be bought for PCs for not too much. Macs are a little slower and more expensive than PCs too. But after you buy the video hardware and sound hardware that the Mac comes with you come out to about the same price.

I use both(PCs at home and Macs at scool) and they both crash right on schedule. You can count on both of them to screw you over and make life hard.

So it all comes down to the software. And with some good virtual machines and some really good ports that's not even really a problem.

It's a toss up.

 

[bdemenil]

Macs are a little slower and more expensive than PCs too

With the fastests mac less then half the speed of the fastest PCs, and also almost twice the price, I'd say 'little' is the wrong adjective.

 

[elevate]

Something else that I saw in this thread that I found interesting was the talk of IBM potentially making chips for Apple. I'm running an IBM G3 in my Mac as I post this. Where ya' been?

That was in reference to IMB making Power 4 chips, which will not take place. Even the most ardent Mac fan could not justify the price.

 

[imacgreg]

I don't know what you guys are talking about, but I heard that Macs sound "harsh" compared to PC's. I swear, I read it in some recording mag...

I say we all go back to using the computers with tubes, eh?


Ian

 

[M.Brane]

I say we all go back to using the computers with tubes, eh?


Ian

I'm using a McIntosh C11 preamp (all tube circa 1963) to feed the RCA's on my Macintosh 8500. Does that count?

 

[armenjc]

Whew!

my god, that was painful!... but damn informative. thanks! now, just one more question. this is a question about stability on a system:

Logic on a Mac, or Sonar XL (or the new 2.0) on a PC? Any opinions?

 

[elevate]

I think it depends on what OS you're running. Logic runs on Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, and Mac OS < X. Sonar is Win98SE, ME, 2000, and XP. If you run Windows 2000 or XP, you're going to have a more stable computer than Mac OS < X. X levels the playing field, as far as stability goes, but there aren't any apps for it yet.

 

[armenjc]

I think it depends on what OS you're running. Logic runs on Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, and Mac OS < X. Sonar is Win98SE, ME, 2000, and XP. If you run Windows 2000 or XP, you're going to have a more stable computer than Mac OS < X. X levels the playing field, as far as stability goes, but there aren't any apps for it yet.

What I meant by the above question was, if you had the two following setups running with the best OS for that particular system, best interface, etc, which do think is the more stable system:

1. Running Logic on a Mac? or
2. Running Sonar (2.0 or less) on a PC?

 

[elevate]

Do I have to spell it out for you?!?
In my opinion, Sonar running under Windows 2000 is going to be more stable than Logic running under Mac OS 9. It should also run considerably faster and allow you to use more tracks and more plugins.