Good news for home recording

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Yeah, looks like a good option for home stuff. Likely it could easily hook up with existing firewire hardware where need be too.

I'm starting to seriously think about it.

It's only a G4, but hey, I was using G3 Powermacs in the studio when I was at university.
 
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I know I'm late on this, but you should know that unless you plan on PAYING for your PC software don't buy a mac. Its a helluva lot harder to find those free copies of Cubase and ProTools for Mac.
 
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I run Pro Tools on XP and havn't had a problem and pro tools is really hard on systems. Plus XP machines are faster than any mac, especially the new AMD 64, just something to think about. I would look into your drivers, chipsets, and windows servicepacks you have, those can all cause problems.
 
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my old mac still runs faster than most new PCs, but i would look into a mac that only costs $500. I want a g5 though

i got protools for free on my mac, got it straight from digidesign.
 
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macs are have good laptops but the mini looks like it has a lot of potential i would get it
 
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I have an old G3 blueberry or whatever its called. and Apple's site says that this new thing will work with monitors, mouses and keyboards etc, that you already have. So could I run this new Mini through the monitor of my old G3 even though its built in to the computer (all in 1 unit)?
 
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That looks like a cool little box.

I ran ProTools on XP for awhile and it operated ok without too many hang-ups but after getting my G5 (2.2) I can't imagine going back to a PC for recording or anything else for that matter. I've been a Mac user for 6 months now and I haven't had problem one yet. I turn it on and no matter what I plug into it or what i do to it, it's works flawlessly. As far as PCs being faster I couldn't tell you about that. Every time I start an application it loads and runs instantly. The only exception is ProTools with the Wave 4.0 bundle and that takes about 10 seconds to load with is plenty fast considering how big of a program ProTools with 4-5 software bundles is.

I know I won't be buying another PC anytime soon.
 
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ooooo!!!

I'm planning on getting a Mac soon... I'm tired of dealing with buggy PC's when I try to record. With my friend's Powerbook it's so easy to make good recordings its stupid!
 
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Jonny R said:
After Windows crashed 4 times in a row for me the other day when I was recording stuff, this looks like really good news:
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I haven't had a Windows crash since the early 2002...if you don't know how to setup/maintain Win XP, that's your fault. ;)
 
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Gary Ladd said:
I haven't had a Windows crash since the early 2002...if you don't know how to setup/maintain Win XP, that's your fault.
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LOL, I'll tell that to our IT support staff here too. :)

I've had a decent amount of experience with both PCs and Macs. PCs I quite like - like the fact that you can build them yourself. Windows is one thing I've lost a lot of respect for over time. Occasionally Macs used to sieze in the studio, but that was really only on the older models. But the extra speed and reliability of Macs seems to be the swaying factor to many studio workers that I've known / talked to.

Interestingly, the City of Munich recently moved off Windows onto Linux desktops, reducing their support costs - fewer support staff needed per number of seats.


On the software front I have enough software to use on one of the Mini Macs anyway...
 
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mrfjones said:
my old mac still runs faster than most new PCs, but i would look into a mac that only costs $500. I want a g5 though

i got protools for free on my mac, got it straight from digidesign.
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Sorry but I can't really believe that. PC's are becoming more and more the standard for multimedia and recording. We run nuendo at the studio I work at on XP and its fine. Believe it or not more people run DAW based systems on PC now especially pro tools. XP is a good stable system. I'm not here to bash macs I like them too but PC's are starting to run away from macs in terms of power. That all means larger track counts more plugins ect. for host based DAWs.
 
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This is actually the first time I've seen people saying that PCs are becoming more powerful than Macs. All the benchmark tests I've ever seen the Macs have obliterated comparative PCs in terms of speed. Not just a matter of chip speed, but also architecture that is more suited to image and sound processing.

BTW, I don't have a Mac, only a PC. I've worked with both.
 
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I'm not saying the mac os isn't more suited for multimedia. But I'm serious when I saw new pc's are faster than any G5. The only big difference is G5's have more ram. I remember when apple said the G5 was the fastest computer available and that was quickly shot down in side by side tests against fast pc's. Ever notice how you never see them advertise that anymore? The new AMD 64 slays the G5's and P4's. None of this matters though to each his own.
 
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Multimedia is the only thing I will admit Mac's do much better then PC's with. However I agree with winterland, PC's are quickly closing the gap.

One thing I find funny is people saying that Macs and Linux is more secure then Windows. The only reason why Macs and Linux are more secure is because they have less people trying to crack em. Mac's would be just as insecure as Windows if everyone used them, it is just the brute force of people trying to break Windows. While Linux has a pretty good design to lend itself being quite secure, if it were to ever become the most used platform it's security would be horrendous, its open source, the source code is in the lap of crackers.
 
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vinterland said:
I'm not saying the mac os isn't more suited for multimedia. But I'm serious when I saw new pc's are faster than any G5. The only big difference is G5's have more ram. I remember when apple said the G5 was the fastest computer available and that was quickly shot down in side by side tests against fast pc's. Ever notice how you never see them advertise that anymore? The new AMD 64 slays the G5's and P4's. None of this matters though to each his own.
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Yeah, that's exactly what I mean - the benchmark tests I saw all showed the G5 way out ahead of the Intel and AMD competition. I'm for speed and reliability, not for any particular company.

My home computer is an AMD. I chose it over an Intel machine.
 
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I agree Macs are better for all types of graphic and music apps, but my point was you'll have to PAY for alot of the software. Of course I'm not condoning illegal software :) but when you have a Windows machine you can get Office 2003 from your grandma and Cubase form your uncle and Photoshop from your cousin, etc, al,, with a Mac, good luck.

for example I know this guitar player, he has Cubase ($800) Cakewalk ($300), Sonar Produer ($1000+) and didn't pay for any of them.
 
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