Mac or Pc, What do you use?

**Mindful** · 07-01-2005, 05:45 AM

I love my PC its as batterd as my 1210s but still does the biz(err like my 1210s)and its rammed with a huge random mess of wavefiles and hasnt blown up yet.
Never tried a Mac but am under the assumpsion that its more professinal for buissnes and media related things.

**tocsin** · 07-01-2005, 01:20 PM

I wonder how much the Mac performance is degraded by OSX. I've yet to find a way to turn off a lot of the flashy GUI features in OSX which I imagine use up some unnecesary CPU time. However, I haven't looked that hard. Shame though. Considering it's based on FreeBSD, processor usage should be tight as hell. Perhaps that's just a prob unique to Abelton? Was Ablton originally coded for PC or Mac?

**The Divide** · 09-01-2005, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by IQ

Originally Posted by messanger

Well I use a PC, but I've heard that MAcs are more reliable.

Its a myth told by mac owners to justify the money they spent on thier mac...

:lol:

**The Divide** · 09-01-2005, 12:55 PM

I use a pc and I havnt had any serious problems. My advice is to research into it before you buy and learn how to format it. Once you get it sweet you'll be happy. Oh and keep it off the internet

Used mac's at coll, wasnt too impressed to be honest but I am clearly biased because I am used to pc's. It seemed to take me 9 years to do basic things on it

It had a single button mouse!!!!! arrrrghh

**Milesy** · 09-01-2005, 02:17 PM

pc

1. you dont need to keep it off the internet.. just keep it clean from
spyware, trojans, virii etc...

2. watch your background tasks (use startup list msconfig to keep this low)

3. watch your services. start > run > services.msc -- learn how to disable
what you dont need.

4. keep drive space clean and defragment constantly.

4. partition drives. have your c: drive for installation files
but keep all your projects files, audio files etc on a seperate
independantly defragmented partition

5. keep your page file large and unfragmented.

macs are for people who cant be bothered to learn how to use
and look after a pc

**Internal Error Records** · 09-01-2005, 03:54 PM

i agree with tocsin. the differences between the two from prior years just doesnt materialise anymore.

both platforms have plusses and minuses depending on the situation.

it appears the largest differences now are cosmetic. like how we interface with the gui.

(this is of course not including the upgrade challenges on the mac)

**Craig McW** · 10-01-2005, 12:33 AM

Anyone who owns a PC will say PCs are better, anyone who owns a Mac will say Macs are better..... same ol'....

Much of a muchness. The only reason I have a mac is because I'm a designer.... we use macs at work so I get all my software free (graphics software) and I can do work at home.

For music I'm using Reason & Cubase which is cool and easy. Looking into Lobic and Digital Performer.....

But yeah, get what suits you. I'd suggest a PC because of price.

**fresh_an_funky_design** · 27-01-2005, 03:27 PM

I used to only use PC's, but converted to MAC bout 2 years ago, an i wouldnt go back. However thats not to say there's anything wrong with PC's, i just prefer MAC's to me there more effecient & simpler.

The main pro's for me are:

no virus's
you can use logic 7
they never crash (my mac has never crashed in 2 years)
os x is wicked
its not made my microsoft

just use what you prefer though

**decoherance** · 13-02-2005, 02:38 PM

i run a mac btw

**Debroglie** · 13-02-2005, 03:10 PM

can't really complain about price anymore ;) just through in some extra ram and your on your way , especially if you are into sequencing hardware, you won't need much more than this and it's stable.

http://www.apple.com/macmini/

**SlavikSvensk** · 13-02-2005, 07:07 PM

i used to use a pc (6 years for music, 16 since i got my 286), now i use a mac...AND a pc. my opinion?

pc has a garbage OS, crappy processors that don't stack up in performance to the G5 (unless you're talking integers, which i'm not), an army of hackers and other a**holes constantly trying to f*** pc users, the need to rely on bloated microsoft (unless you're a linux person) for mostly worthless security updates for their flawed products, an amazing array of compatability issues with the simplest of things, but, yes, tons of cool free software.

that last bit is exactly why i won't retire my pc, but the constant maintenance and my frustration with microsoft made me go over to the dark side...maybe if they brought back DOS, i'd reconsider...

;)

**scrivs** · 13-02-2005, 07:57 PM

I use a pc but im gona get the new mini mac you can get one now for about £380 and does any one know if fl works on a mac

**Greg Dee** · 14-02-2005, 04:21 AM

FL wont work on a mac.

even with Virtual PC running, its useless for audio apps.

ever since i started using macs at school to make music, ive come to the conclusion that i'd like to do a vast majority of my intricate work on the PC, and do all the point-click stuff on a mac notebook.

osx is a WONDERFUL, EASY TO USE, AND STABLE OS...altho i have yet to have any real stability issues with my PC. The shite part of being a PC user is having such a dodgy OS that faces virii and corrupted drivers every 3 months. backing everything up and formatting every few months is a pain. and mind you i baby my pc...firewalls, anti-virus, spyware deleters, etc. if it aint a bug then its a corrupt driver.

once, my CD burner and peripheral drivers ate it, and i had to send 50 gigs of shite to my friends computer thru AIM. down with microsoft OS's!

**SlavikSvensk** · 14-02-2005, 11:30 PM

i agree with almost everything you said there greg...my solution has been to wipe my dell laptop and use it in tandem with my imac...so i can still use all my favorite plugins and vsts but on a computer now removed from the internet and all its nasty infected files...

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