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Re: [L-OT] New Macs / Bus speed

2002-08-17 by TazmnianDv@aol.com

>P4 motherboards have been at 400 mhz for a while now, and recently were
>increased to a 533 mhz bus. I wouldn't really call 30% "slightly slower".
>The SiS P4 chipsets do have multiple DMA buses similar to the multiple
>buses the Macs have, and all Intel P4 chipsets have dedicated certain
>amounts of bandwidth to various devices so no one device can congest the
>bus, as that article says. 

Evidently there are a lot of different opinions. The only way this will be 
settled (temporarily) is find an article where they actually perform the same 
task on both platforms using the same software. 

By the way, I was in Hollywood last night and saw BT give a really great 
talk. He was primarily extolling the virtues of Reason, Logic (the only 
sequencer that doesn't suck), and Absynth. However someone asked him about 
PC's and he made it clear that he does not like them at all. He said he keeps 
one in his stuido just to run Gigasampler, but he hates dealing with it. He 
also mentioned something about the fake higher speed bus rates of PC's but 
didn't want to get too technical. He is very happy with various macs - 
including a Tibook with Oygen - which he uses not only on the plane but also 
to do mobile live DJ gigs.

So if BT can 'suffer' with Macs and get done all he does with DJing, 
recording albums, producing NSync and Britney Spears, writing movie 
soundtracks (Fast and the Furious), ...., I'm sure you are wise to wait until 
Macs meet your technical requirements before moving forward.

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