Can I just say
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After my last Windows Update. XP started screaming about not being a genuine copy. I couldn't find my XP Pro CD (that I actually got when I was at Microsoft) when I installed the last time so I just used some illicit key off the intersteal. Anyway. I tried a bunch of different ways to switch to my legit key but it wouldn't let me. I finally gave up and reinstalled. Fun.Posted 4 years ago #
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I'm reluctant to enter this discussion seriously in a public place as I'll likely be booed out of the forum as a macweenie by die-hard PC enthusiasts and the odd (very odd) linux zealot. but... pound-per-pound. the macs aren't really that much more expensive than a comparably-equipped PC. If I were you. I'd hold out until the new Intel-based pro machines come out. While an iMac or even a mini might cut it. they're much less-serviceable than the PowerMacs (soon to be called Mac Pros) and have limited expandability. Which is your other concern. I've had most of my powermac apart at various stages upgrading hard-drives. fans. video cards. memory and even the optical drive. They're no different from a PC in that regard. Your Delta-66 will even slot into one of the PCI slots with no complaints. When I moved from PC to Mac I moved my card right over. I've since ditched it for an RME Fireface 800 and can't say enough good stuff about this interface. I guess the real cost would be the software. Lots of music software is cross-platform. If you're a Cubase/Nuendo user. I think you can use your existing key on whichever platform. If you're a Sonar guy. you might be outta luck. What are you using for recording? Reason also works very well on both systems (and ReCycle if you're into cutting your own samples). anyway. all that aside. unless your PC's a few years old already. upgrading might be somewhat moot. You can still get a lot of use out of machines that are a few years old for music. On PCs at least. the hardware hasn't changed that much although the prevalence of dual-core chips is a nice bonus now. *dons flame-retardent suit*Posted 4 years ago #
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Really the only part of the Mac I'm that interested in is the OS. so it'd probably be stupid to upgrade just for that. Even so I'd probably ruin its elegant sleekness with my relentless dickery. I bought a fancy new dual core laptop but my Firewire device purchase kind of fizzled out. The RME Fireface looks nice but I don't think I can justify paying nearly two grand for a recording interface. I'd feel intimidated recording my sloppy bullshit into it. like it was judging me. My desktop is getting a bit old but I have a hard time motivating myself to upgrade. Things work okay on it I guess. And I don't have the gaming excuse anymore to push me along.Posted 4 years ago #
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yeah. the OS is the real selling-feature for me too. I honestly couldn't care what the hardware was based on. I've had to stop myself from installing shapeshifter and other desktop doodads that would've surely mucked it up too. In the interests of full disclosure (I love saying that). I bought my Fireface on a deal. It was lightly used and returned to the store where I bought it and they gave me a great deal on it. Otherwise. I never would've paid for such an awesome piece of gear. They do make a new Firewire interface that is half-width and fully-bus-powered now so if you do any recording on the road. it'd be ideal and probably every-bit as capable as the 800. upgrading hardware is annoying. The reinstalling of your entire world is such a pain. If it weren't for the awesome fun of New Gear I'd never upgrade. my current PC (the non-Mac) will likely be the last one I ever buy. PC games have kind of lost their shine for me too and I can't see myself ever paying for Vista.Posted 4 years ago #
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thegreathal
Memberah. totally lost message about to post...that's a shame. today we're skipping a rewrite. What I MEANT to say was (ahem). I was required to get a Mac. My relatively new PowerBook really has about the same amount of problems as Windows. in the end. So I'd just stick with the one with actual software (until. in 20 years Linux takes over for free). Not like I'm fighting Microsoft anymore. who own Apple. So there was no Mac mystique. Back to Windows. you hippies!Posted 4 years ago # -
Cal555
MemberAhh wow. re-installing Windows XP is probably the most annoying thing ever... but then again don't go out to buy a new computer or software all over again stupid waste of moeny. Macs are slow but useful depending on what you want to do or need. Since now they have a duo-processor theyre faster. but beginning of 2007 or so. quatro-processors will come out and so on.Posted 4 years ago # -
greathal: macs are as prone to failure as any computer. You get defective parts and have to replace them. I do find the OS to be a lot more resilient than windows though. I've got 4 macs in my house and the only time I had to reinstall an operating system was when I replaced a logic board. I've upgraded the operating systems twice to new versions without having to do a fresh install. I routinely get uptimes of 30-40 days when I don't have a security update that requires a reboot. Cal. macs are using intels now. You can't play that "they're slower" game anymore. (and they're not more expensive than a high end pc) I've said too much. Again! woe...Posted 4 years ago #
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Cal555
MemberYea I was reffering to Macs having intel now. depending on your system and what upgrades you've done. Macs CAN be slow if out of date. but now they're much faster. And along with the speed upgrade along comes the price. Such as the G5. Powerbook. iBook.. surprisingly the iMac Mini is pretty cheap. not sure fi it is any good.Posted 4 years ago # -
[url]http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/02/a-coming-flood-of-commercial-linux-music-apps/[/url] mostly a "wouldn't-it-be-nice" kind of article (it would) about how cool it would be if linux started sporting commercial audio apps for it. It could happen. but I'm betting that the diversity of standardized platforms (kernels. audio architectures. driver support) would make the cost of developing for linux something of a losing battle. Still. they make the valid point: Windows XP kinda sucks. I've played with ubuntu. It was cute and a reasonable attempt at a user-mode linux. Fedora's a little more feature-rich but doesn't work in a convenient "install on your windows drive and not wreck anything".Posted 4 years ago #
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It'd certainly be nice. but it would have to be extremely painless to make me even consider making the switch. I put up with years of screwing around with trying to get sound cards to work in MS-DOS. there's no way in hell I'm moving to any platform or sound card that doesn't [i]just work[/i]. I like Ubuntu. I run it on a server in the house here. but I can't imagine why anyone would use it for their desktop unless they maybe hated themselves. I don't especially mind Windows really. XP is not bad and it handles the huge variety of PC hardware out there quite well. There's lots of stuff I hate about it. but it's mostly trivial and also when it occasionally treats me bad. But I've suffered at the hands of Linux more than Windows I'd say.Posted 4 years ago #
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[i]I can't imagine why anyone would use it for their desktop unless they maybe hated themselves.[/i] That made me "lol". Linux can be especially heinous. especially when trying to setup something like a soundcard (or a gigabit ethernet card or any other piece of hardware that hasn't been blessed by the overlords). I forget you're not a full-time muso and that you do web development. You've almost certainly been screwed over by Linux at least once. ;) Windows is fun to bitch about. but at the end of the day. if you're getting your work done with it then it's good enough. It is early. I have to catch a plane...Posted 4 years ago #
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