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I was not trying to be unhelpful -- just brief(ish).

For what it's worth, I am a PC user. Always have been. Always will be. I,
personally, have never seen anything in the Macs that have been sufficient
to motivate me to switch from PC's to Mac's. It did use to be the case that
there was far more, and far more quality, software available music-wise for
the Mac ... but this is no longer really true. The PC userbase is so vast
compared to the Mac one that any software house wanting to make serious
sales ultimately ports over to the PC. Yes ... there are one or two nice
pieces of exclusively Mac software -- but honestly nothing to make me 'jump
ship'.

My feeling (and advice) -- if you are already on the PC side and happy, then
stay there. I simply suggested a visit (and not necessarily incognito) to a
Mac music-making facility because with the negative comments you have and
the experience you now have, you would be able to ask some very savvy
questions that would give you some hands-on and personal interaction with
Macs and Mac software.

It has got to the point, now, where this is a feeling thing as much as
anything else. Who knows ... you might walk into a Mac studio and
immediately fall in love with it and want to switch. Nothing wrong with
that. Personally, I've looked at both options and I've seen nothing that
might make me want to switch.

I'm with Sascha here. At the end of the day, it doesn't make a hoot of
difference what you're working on. If it works sufficiently well to keep you
happy and let you do what you want to do, why switch. Hey ... so the
occasional 'guest' comes to your 'hotel' and insults your 'decor'. Well ...
they don't have to come back, do they? That's their choice. And if you want
their business, then just smile sweetly, say nothing, and keep on doing what
you're doing. Having guests who complain is a part of the cost of doing that
kind of business.

I apologise, again, if I seemed to have been blowing you off before. I was
just trying to say that the only way to really make your own mind up is to
have some personal experience, and the best way to do that is to visit
somewhere.

OK??!!!


----- Original Message -----
From: <loopmusic@...>
To: <logic-ot@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:19 AM
Subject: [L-OT] Re: OT: do PC's really suck?!


> > Since this is your profession??, why not make your own mind up?
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> Opening a pro studio came about by accident and the work/equipment
> really piled up before having an opportunity to really assess what I
> was doing... changing over to a Mac wasn't an issue before.
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> What is the immediate advantage of buying a machine which is
> comparable to a PC half the price? It can't just be a question of
> speed (which is forever increasing)? The quality of the sound would
> be no better? The user interface looks the same as windows? They seem
> to crash on the same regular basis and both have their quirks?
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> Why? KAB - I take it you are a Mac user; why did you get one?
> [don't give the answer - "cause every other studio uses them; they
> must be good" - I heard it before :)]
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> The reason I am asking is that my studio is ready for upgrade &
> either I start planning my next PC or get hold of a Dual G4...
> looking for constructive user feedback.
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