how come all the big named dj's use macs?

sonorous3 · Post by **sonorous3** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:18 pm

Hawtin, Sasha, PVD all macs. Arent they aware that intel is better for performance in testing and stuff? or is it an issue with pc firwwire technolgy or something? my understand the 4 pins are good enough...or when using ableton for djing only it doesnt make a difference?

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:19 pm

ftlog, no more mac/pc threads...

funkdefino · Post by **funkdefino** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:48 pm

Actualy Hawtin is using an Alienware. So, that makes him PC. He admits that the powerbook just isn't fast enough.

starving student · Post by **starving student** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:06 pm

come on man, the mac is a celebrity laptop, they look better, catch more fish, i want one too but not for computer work.

robtronik · Post by **robtronik** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:06 pm

I'm not a big name, but I just bought a PC laptop and am selling my powerbook so I can get better performance for DJing.

rob.

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:19 pm

funkdefino wrote:Actualy Hawtin is using an Alienware. So, that makes him PC. He admits that the powerbook just isn't fast enough.

2 macs on thursday in Minn.

UlcerPentacidis · Post by **UlcerPentacidis** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:01 pm

mike holiday wrote:
funkdefino wrote:Actualy Hawtin is using an Alienware. So, that makes him PC. He admits that the powerbook just isn't fast enough.

2 macs on thursday in Minn.

Good show too.

Not exactly what I was hoping for, but fun none the less.

pink vagina orifice · Post by **pink vagina orifice** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:46 am

'cos they're sexy. DJ's are sexy. Vagina's like me just cant resist. And they look clean too. Just like me after my douche routine.

kanesnude · Post by **kanesnude** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:53 am

sasha , digweed , deep dish ,Gaberial & dresden(powerbook no decks) angello, paavo. etc.............. poerbooks are reliable simple as that

olafmol · Post by **olafmol** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:01 pm

cause they're white and have a glowing apple logo... image is everything

mr-e · Post by **mr-e** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:12 pm

- macs are traditionaly way better at floating point operations (essential for audio/image manipulation) than intels
--> big animation studio's like pixelworks even use rooms full of G5's (up to 60) as renderfarms

- for years macs come standard with low latency soundcards whereas most Pc's don't even offer it now

- macs had windows/mouse gui's when pc's were still using dos/commandpromts --> at that time all the big sequencers already existed in some form ... on mac
--> those apps were only ported to pc's years later , and by than macs had already conquered the studioworld , making it even more interesting to create audio apps for the mac

- can't do logic on a pc

- pc's are ugly

- there are not 2 pc's with the same configuration --> not good for problem solving

- musicians know crap about computers

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smutek · Post by **smutek** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:39 pm

olafmol wrote:cause they're white and have a glowing apple logo... image is everything

My powerbook now has a glowing live logo.

evil11 · Post by **evil11** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:06 pm

Got a brand new centrino notebook and a 12" PowerBook with 1,5 Ghz.
The Centrino is faster. But working with the powerbook is just "feeling" much better.

I had no major crashs on the centrino but i still think that the powerbook is much more realiable. The new installed pc behaves strange sometimes (stupid errors and temporary slowdowns). Not a big problem in the studio because it doesn't happen very often. But on stage i prefer the slower PowerBook.

I am going to sell the centrino and buy a decent desktop pc for the studio. Or maybe i just wait until the intel macs are out.

Sorry for my bad english. I'm not a native speaker...

12micsn1 · Post by **12micsn1** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:19 pm

They have a fetish with Apples. Joke

Seriously Apple is the best integrated platform between hardware and sortware out there. Anyone using a Apple computer can tell you this with confidence.

if powerbooks were using a more powerful processor then a G4. Apple would rule the day in the media world. This is what Apple wants by switching to Intel chips.

Ableton also wants this switch an so do most other companies.

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:39 pm

Kraftwerk uses PC laptops on stage. Is that "big name" enough for you...?

(Not with Live though.)