And while I was ranting...
sjoko2's example illustrates my points.
That entry-level recording system sjoko2 described has exactly one component that is PC-specific:
The PC itself.
Now granted, a friend of mine who also has a US-428 (and both Macs and PCs) tells me that Cubasis VST for the Mac is still vaporware, but TASCAM will ship him a copy as soon as it's done.
You could substitute an iMac for the Dell and have roughly the same capabilities at almost the same price. Yes, you'd have to add RAM, and yes, you'd have a smaller display, and yes, it would be a slower processor (even allowing the G3 a magical "Pentium equivalence factor"), and yes, it would lack expandability, and yes, you'd have to pay a little more.
So in this system, the PC wins on price, right? No question.
But it's only the computer itself that differs. Everything else is the same. As you spend more on the studio, the cost of the computer becomes a smaller and smaller part of the total price.
sjoko2's example illustrates my points.
That entry-level recording system sjoko2 described has exactly one component that is PC-specific:
The PC itself.
Now granted, a friend of mine who also has a US-428 (and both Macs and PCs) tells me that Cubasis VST for the Mac is still vaporware, but TASCAM will ship him a copy as soon as it's done.
You could substitute an iMac for the Dell and have roughly the same capabilities at almost the same price. Yes, you'd have to add RAM, and yes, you'd have a smaller display, and yes, it would be a slower processor (even allowing the G3 a magical "Pentium equivalence factor"), and yes, it would lack expandability, and yes, you'd have to pay a little more.
So in this system, the PC wins on price, right? No question.
But it's only the computer itself that differs. Everything else is the same. As you spend more on the studio, the cost of the computer becomes a smaller and smaller part of the total price.
