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Since this is your profession??, why not make your own mind up?
Buy a stopwatch and a disguise; call a Mac studio; take a project of your
own; and do a quick recording session timing everything you do.
The disguise is so that no one knows it's you!


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From: <loopmusic@...>
To: <logic-ot@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 5:32 AM
Subject: [L-OT] OT: do PC's really suck?!


> I've been using Logic 4.5 on a 600Mhz PC for a while now. Recently;
> I've been collaborating with other Logic users coming from a Mac
> background. The PC handles itself perfectly fine for multitrack
> recording and the like; but for offline tasks (rendering multiple
> fades for example) the Maccies are always groaning and complaining
> about 'how long it takes'.
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> Is the Mac (predominantly G3) really all that much faster or are they
> winding me up with a biased point of view?
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> (I pride myself on having one of the few studios in Hong Kong with a
> PC as the main computer - what am I missing out on? I've never used
> Macs & I guess there is a phobia towards changing; but is it worth my
> while? Does Logic 'run better' than the PC version?)
>
> Any comments would be appreciated,
>
> LMHK
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> Since this is your profession??, why not make your own mind up?

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. 

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? 

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 :)]

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.