Want to upgrade DAW. PC or MAC???!

[Steenamaroo]

yeh,audio too..digital out works in linux.

no digital in tho,sadly.

 

[suprstar]

Recently, another very big brand was convicted for selling secondhand and broken hardware. Was it Dell?

Yes it was. They admitted to knowingly selling 118 million pc's with mobo capacitors that had a 97% failure rate. My largest client has over 2000 of the particular pc's in question, and they're suing Dell now.

http://gizmodo.com/5576237/dell-knowingly-sold-118-million-computers-with-a-97-failure-rate

 

[Moseph]

Would be a shame to start all over again but i feel i need to upgrade..

That right there seems to be the bottom line to me. The big question that still lingers is "why do you feel you need to upgrade?"

Answer that and maybe somebody else' opinion will be helpful.

 

[Dr. Varney]

The problem arises with bad hardware. And that's why Windows can have serious stability problems. Even big brands (from the consumer point) as Packard Bell have been convicted of selling faulty hardware.

My first ever PC was a Packard Bell. It was a piece of shit.

Was it Dell? I really don't remember, sorry.

Dell irritate me because they work against the philosophy of what I term: 'open architecture', unless you're prepared to pay more. I phoned for one of their wonderful deals, got put through to a call centre in India, where I asked about specs. It sounded great, until I said I'd want to upgrade sound and video in future and was informed it was a no-go (for reasons you can imagine). I believe Compaq are a similar brand. A PC (in my humble estimation) should be (or at least CAN be) like Lego. You can build, unbuild and add to it as your heart desires (and wallet increases).

If you can consider doing a lot of research and are willing to pick your parts by hand, you can build something a lot better than the "better" PC and even better, performance wise, than an Mac. And it 'll probably be more reliable and longer lasting.

Exactly what I've done and I've never been happier with the results. After a string of unreliable PCs, I don't think I would ever purchase a brand-boxed PC ever again. I was on the verge of buying a Mac but decided to forget it and go for a home build. I thoroughly enjoyed putting it together and it's performance is just the ticket. I'm now getting excited about building a second system, which will be dedicated to music only.

But most people just want something that works, out of the box. And that's where Apple shines.

That's part of what I don't need from a computer. It doesn't work for me but it's not for everyone. And as I said in my earlier post, in the industries, people who need something that simply delivers, right after pressing the 'on' switch, probably wouldn't have the time nor the inclination to mess about with computers - and I wouldn't blame them one bit. Time is money.

Regards

Dr. V

 

[Dr. Varney]

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2285904448784173497#docid=2469928627183918026