Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hi Dennis,

I love your honesty. I enjoyed reading your post, but still have a few
comments of my own. ;)
 
> Macs are almost totally plug and play, windows are not. There 
> is really no comparison to be made, Macs are vastly easier to set up.

Saying it doesn't make it so. Examples please. I'm especially interested in
the *vastly* part of your claim. ;)


> Sheer nonsense. If you need to change something about the way 
> some windows driver is working or reinstall it or make it 
> find a device in a different slot or anything at all you have 
> to go through all kinds of crap that apple users don't have 
> to deal with. The system takes care of so much of that stuff 
> apple users are not usually even aware that it has happened 
> or needs to happen.

On my Mac, I have to manually unlock my network settings and click on Renew
DHCP in order to get Internet access every time I reboot the computer.
That's plug and play? Now, I don't know all the devices that are supported
right out of the box for OSX and WinXP, but if I were a betting man, I'd bet
that the number is probably an order of magnitude higher for WinXP. However,
Macs are more proprietary and there simply aren't as many devices out there
that will work with a Mac. That makes it easier for Apple to support (out of
the box) the devices that Mac users are likely to encounter. So... Your
observation may well be true. We don't have material evidence of it at this
point though. Only an assertion by you which can only encompass your own
limited dealings with both platforms.


> If I were you I would spend a few dollars more and get a dual 
> 2X2. The iMacs are cute and and an iMac was what I was 
> thinking of getting my mother but for us DAW users cute is 
> just no substitute for power which a tower will give you much 
> more of, besides OS X's VM scheme is just plain not very 
> appropriately designed for audio and sooner or later you are 
> going to decide you want 2 gigs of memory or 3 gigs or 
> whatever and it will not be an option with the iMac.

Well, I actually agree with you, but money *is* a factor for me and music is
a hobby, not a money maker for me. I have to be realistic about this. Thank
goodness I'm not married or I'd have a battle on my hands just to get the
iMac. :)

Kamm