is MAC better than PC for music?seriously

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:08 am

Tone - LOVE the hair colour. As a blond, you're GEORGOUS!!!!!!!

djsentinel · Post by **djsentinel** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:15 am

Not if every time I come here someone is like "trance is teh gay hAXXOrs omfGGG."

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:29 am

My simple reply would be that it doesn't really matter.
Though if you like to stick metal objects into electrical sockets... Get a Mac.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:59 am

Tone Deft wrote:If you can't make music because you're on a Mac and think you need a PC or vice versa, unplug your computer, put it back in the box and return it, you're too stupid and talentless to be in the game in the first place.

Use what makes you happy, it's ridiculous to think one machine is the answer for everyone.

signed

Tone Deft wrote:Macs suck big infected donkey dick.

*throws piece of shit at TD*

rolfski · Post by **rolfski** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:02 am

One advise; wait for Vista and THEN decide

cosmosuave · Post by **cosmosuave** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:53 am

Potato

Potata

freqn · Post by **freqn** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:34 am

freqn · Post by **freqn** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:34 am

freqn · Post by **freqn** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:35 am

My advice...From being a pc fanatic and hardware and software tech/troubleshooter for the past 10+ years, I am going to say to go with a macbook or macbook pro. You can run both OSX and XP, or Vista. There really is no good argument, no matter what some of the pc-evangelists try to tell you, why you shouldn't go with a mac since mac allows you multiple options when choosing OS's, giving you the best of both mac and pc on one machine. If you want to run Live under Windows, you can on a macbook. If you change your mind and want to try it under OSX, then you can without dropping even more cash for a whole new system. If you go with a pc, you are definitely closing the door to what I mentioned, unless you prefer some great difficulty and frustration in your configuration.

Dj-Grobe · Post by **Dj-Grobe** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:55 am

Why mac its better?, my 2 reasons:

1- you can run xp or osx on same machine, separate boot or at same time using parallels.

2- using osx, i have 0 crash, i really can say the APPLE OSX its really stable, anyway with good quality hardware, and correct configuration, XP its very stable. Anyway macs machiens are stable not for the hardware, mac machiens are stable due the OSX (the operative system apple use)

Today, you can do the same things with pc or mac, in years 90s i can say mac its really better compared with pc, today i just find really only one good point on the apple OSX, the system its more stable.

Today can do the same things on mac or pc, and can say under apple intel you can have osx or windows, the actual apple hardware heart its just x386 plataform, so you can consider new intel macs like pcs : )

But i repeat, buying mac you can use OSX or XP and later can define what its better for you,at this moment under pc you can run OSX too, but you find troubles with drivers........... etc etc

Aditional to all this, another not really important point its the design,......... APPLE machines have really pretty design , but this point its the last to take consideration.....

If you want stable system, with really low and rare number of crashrd, go for mac, if can deal with more frequently crashes go for standar PC, at low price .....low price compared with macs.

Best regards.

wilxon · Post by **wilxon** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:16 am

pisquano wrote:seriously.... I am considering moving to MAc after a life with Laptop

90% of my use for a computer is music related so...
and if so would it be enough the macbook or is it really so better the pro?

thanks
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I havnt read the thread so please forgive me if this has been said.

EDIT, just read the last three posts and they do say the same thing.

firstly, Macbook is enough, MacBook Pro is more than enough.

The question depends on what machine you buy. Apple (the computer) will definatly be a better computer than most. I do highly reccommend the Mac Book Pro 15" 2.33ghz.

The build quality is second to none, the components are specifically designed for use in Audio/Visual environments, and i think they are great.

If your question is Windows or Mac OSX, then i dont know. MacOSX seems to run smoother, a little quicker, and with fewer problems - however the software range is much greater on a windows platfor - FL Studio 6, Adobe Audition, Wavelab, and many plugins to name a few.

The interesting thing is that with the intel mac's, you still have the choice of running Mac OSX, or Windows, Or Both.

I runn both mac OSX and Windows XP at the same time using Parallels software, and i think its a brilliant combination.

The bottom line here is that if you buy a PC laptop - you are fixed to windows & Linux.

If you get an intel mac, you get the best computer, or equal to (certaintly no machine is better) and you can switch, choose, change your operating systems as often as you like.

Parallels is 1 option for windows, you can have a dual boot HD also with windows on a partition.

Steve Christian · Post by **Steve Christian** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:25 pm

Going from Microsoft XP to a Mac Power PC was a drastic improvement for me personally. I went from continuous resource issues, freezing, etc... to a stable, workable environment. Not sure how the new Mac's are, but the older PowerPC's are a huge leap forward in music production IMO.

SubQ · Post by **SubQ** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:03 pm

incredible how there's still people wasting time with this never ending rant between both platforms.

go make some music, for god's sake. if you're good doesn't matter the system you're using.

I use PC for preproduction - all my vsts are windows based.

PC and mac for mixing - some PT bombafctory plugins have the best sound around, i f you can't afford a UAD or a Duende. But VST plugins (Pullteq, Roger Nichols, URS compressors) are coming closer to the RTAS thing.

Mac for live acts, for the stability. Aloud me to say that my pc never crashes also. Just don't connect it to the web and such.

sorry, i'm on a bad mood today.

mission · Post by **mission** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:07 pm

if you like logic then yes, it's better.

that's about it.

OliQ · Post by **OliQ** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:48 pm

MacBook is certainly enough for Ableton, I just went from a PC to a Macbook and the performance is amazing (altho that's down to the spec rather than the platform).

Still probably need an external HD if your doing big track counts. The internal sound is really impressive, most PCs I've used can do very little without an external audio interface, but my Macbook works fine for production by itself, and the audio quality is very good.

I'm quite into tinkering with computers, but when I want to make music I don't want to mess around with drivers, crashes etc, and I got sick of having to sort out techy stuff instead of just producing. The Mac 'It just works' slogan does seem to ring true. If stability is a big issue Mac seems to me to be the way to go, if you want to tinker then Windows is better (and cheaper).

I do think the OS makes a difference tho... using spotlight to find samples and drop them straight into Live is a revelation! And Core audio and core midi work far more reliably and simply than windows drivers I've used.

is MAC better than PC for music?seriously

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