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wizards teeth from a shop that sells hats on 2001-05-10 15:49 [#00006100]



I am going to possibly invest in some new equipment soon.

Do I buy an improved pc which I know how to use, or do I buy
a mac which I have heard good reviews about ?

Thanks


 

rubbish john from a washing machine stuffed full of daz. on 2001-05-10 16:04 [#00006105]



wizard,
i asked this same question a billion times to a billion
people and the majority of them told me that the mac is
definetly superior to any pc with respect to it's
capabilities for sound manipulation.


 

wizards teeth from a shop that sells hats on 2001-05-10 16:06 [#00006107]



cheers

I shall investigate


 

Phobiazero from Sweden on 2001-05-10 18:35 [#00006113]



Buy a PC.


 

[REFLEX] from Western Canada on 2001-05-11 02:37 [#00006128]



Definitly buy a macintosh.. [MAC] you will not be
dissapointed at all. im sure you will enjoy it very much, as
I did. I was thinking the same thing you are now.. wondering
which to buy.. I was very glad with my choice, the Mac is
superioir in MANY fields.

ps. and it looks waaaay nicer too ;]


 

jere doll on 2001-05-11 06:12 [#00006133]



Buy a pc if you to play with the os, buy a mac if you want
to play with the program.


 

jere doll on 2001-05-11 06:14 [#00006134]



I add if your broke, buy the pc. Software is every where..


 

TekN010G from Australia on 2001-05-11 06:27 [#00006136]



I say,.. Get a REALLY good pc,.. that way you'll have the
support and the power


 

Phobiazero from Sweden on 2001-05-11 12:28 [#00006146]



I don't agree with you [REFLEX]. A PC is no longer a grey
box. You have the option to buy whatever case you want.
Check out these links for some cool cases:

http://www.megastar.se/page_produkter_codegen.htm

http://hem.fyristorg.com/aldine/chassi.htm

http://www.colorcase.com/

...and the PC is much more flexible since you can upgrade it
and grow with it for years with cheap components...or real
High Quality products.


 

rubbish john from the moon on 2001-05-11 12:40 [#00006148]



phobiazero - and this isn't the case for the mac?


 

TekN010G from Australia on 2001-05-11 12:49 [#00006149]



Mac doesn't have very much support,.. and besides everything
nowadays is made for normal pc's,... and the stuff on the
mac usually comes out on pc first too,... most people who
are really into "doing stuff" on computers prefer pc's,...
people who are a little more sensible and take computing as
a form of entertainment might like the mac's more,... but
personally I prefer to have a world of resources by my
hand,.. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha,.. em,, sorry


 

rubbish john from the moon on 2001-05-11 13:04 [#00006150]



i ain't no expert or anything, but i was under the
impression that the mac was a specialist computer, implying
that it is special and for use by professionals with a
specific task in hand ie graphics and sound stuff.
the pc, i thought, was your all round computer that was more
"general" than specific.
i think that alot of people are put off by macs because you
can't always get mac stuff down your local highstreet, and
you end up having to go through stress and alot of waiting
before you get your hands on the desired goods.


 

Glitch from New Zealand on 2001-05-11 13:34 [#00006151]



both music software and hardware are more expensive on the
mac, i have heard they are less problematic, but if you know
abit about computers (I assume you do) then a pc is a much
cheaper alternative.


 

rubbish john from the moon on 2001-05-11 14:26 [#00006155]



i like to drink coke, and not panda cola.
i don't do "cheaper alternatives".


 

[REFLEX] from Western Canada on 2001-05-11 15:07 [#00006156]



A PC is not for harder things to do. The MAC is. I do
graphic design with various large programs and they run
smoother, more reliable and faster on my G4 than on a
PENTIUM 4. PC released the Pentium 4 because MAC released
the 733 G4 first. Which enraged them at PC. Because when you
convert the power to PC hertz you have something that is
more powerful than the Pentium4. Just because things are
easier to find for PC does that mean you must buy it
anyway?

go here
nice looking fast coputer


 

Phobiazero from Sweden on 2001-05-11 15:25 [#00006157]



Have you ever tried out AMD power (I don't like Intel)? Or
maybe a Dual Processor system with a nice Geforce 3 gfx
card? Now we're smoothing.....


 

[REFLEX] from Western Canada on 2001-05-11 20:49 [#00006182]



How about the G4 power baby.. dual processors,... oh sexy


 

evolume from seattle wa on 2001-05-12 00:29 [#00006194]



i have played with both mac and pc
for years on each.
i can say that i really liked mac's digital performer but i
hated how often that damn machine crashed. now i am a slave
to sf Acid and soundforge as well as a pile of freeware soft
synths and drum machines which was not available to me on
mac.
so i guess i like pc much better now.
plus all the good video games come out on pc first. werd.
ska


 

[REFLEX] from Western Canada on 2001-05-12 01:03 [#00006195]



I have an emulator for my Mac. Got it for free off the net..
I can ran any PC programs smoothly and fast. hahah! i dunno
whatever.. I don't really care. Both have their highpoints.


 

rubbish john from a shed full of foam. on 2001-05-12 13:37 [#00006207]



where did you get that emulator from?


 

[REFLEX] from Western Canada on 2001-05-12 21:10 [#00006220]



You can try and look for it on the 'net. There are ones for
older windows apps, such as Windows 3.1, But you can also
[if you look really hard] find ones that will do awsome and
play any PC games, or do any PC applications.. or you can
just buy one and it will run just like a PC!


 

Gerry Atrick from london france underpants on 2001-05-13 04:08 [#00006237]



From what i've read, most on the rephlex lable use
Macs(laptops)ie-cylob,ovuca. kid 606 uses a mac. Aphex, i
think uses a mac. If thats the sound you want to go for.
Bogdan uses a pc laptop, i think.

I recently got an "open item" compac pc from a major
retailer. It was under 850$, the specs are

933 mhz Pen III pro,
60 gig hard drive,
128 dram,
Cd rom/cdr/rw
Windows Me(doesn't crash)
plus i added an audiowerk sound card digital i/o analouge
i/o - with the program "Logic Audio".

Altogether under 1050$,

So you just have to look around for whats best, you can find
a really good open item for cheap at most retail stores. It
works really fast and can handle lots of programs at once.
Perfect for goofing around or actually putting together some
quality stuff.

Really all you need is a program you can feel comfortable
with though, then just get some upgrades as time goes on.




 

rubbish john from a cow's arse on 2001-05-13 12:57 [#00006270]



REFLEX - i actually figured that you got the emulator off
the net, i wanted a specific site or something.
sorry, should i have stated that before.


 

[REFLEX] from Western Canada on 2001-05-13 19:25 [#00006283]



Rubbish John.. I think you can still get a free on here...
just have to do some looking:

Emulators For Mac To Pc and Anything else

You can get Emulators for your mac that WORK and let you
play playstation games, N64 games Nintendo games,,, the list
is endless.


 

offline 1up from greater manchester (United Kingdom) on 2008-03-22 02:50 [#02187201]
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i'm getting a mac this week.


 

offline woj on 2008-03-22 04:36 [#02187212]
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MAC


 

offline 1up from greater manchester (United Kingdom) on 2008-03-22 04:43 [#02187216]
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ha. yes. i'm as gay as a window.


 

offline hexane on 2008-03-22 04:56 [#02187218]
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nice, what kind are you getting? i recently got a macbook
pro 2.5ghz penryn, my first mac and i'm very pleased with!
still need windows on it though for school (java, asp.net
etc) yay. have been getting into logic pro 8, but still have
lots more to learn


 

offline Chin Bwoy Phat from London (United Kingdom) on 2008-03-22 05:52 [#02187233]
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get a fucking Apple Mac


 

offline asymmhead from south pasadena (United States) on 2008-03-22 06:14 [#02187236]
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wow... a 7 year old thread brought back to life... i'm
impressed! i've been using mac now for probably 10 years...
i haven't been quite happy lately with the marketing and
support. i'm leaning towards getting a pc, but i'm also
wanting the black mac book... so i'll see which comes first!


 

offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2008-03-22 06:36 [#02187238]
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They're both shit.


 

offline Cliff Glitchard from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2008-03-22 08:03 [#02187261]
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i've got both and Mac wins


 

offline kid from mum (United Kingdom) on 2008-03-22 09:22 [#02187278]
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I think i'm getting a new mac too. I have a 17" intel imac
atm...i think i'm gonna sell it and get a new 20" aluminum
imac. I was gonna just upgrade the one i have but worked out
it'd cost more than just selling this one and buying a new
one.


 

offline Ead1528 from Bucks County, PA (United States) on 2008-03-23 08:30 [#02187536]
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Mac is n00b friendly (why I got one).

I think PCs can do a lot more for you, ONLY if you know what
you're doing, and are really good at computer-ing.


 

offline freqy on 2008-03-23 09:32 [#02187544]
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i have a quad p4 running at 12.9 ghz (1080mhz dd2 5 5 4 10
latency.)

spent Only about £375 kept my crt monitor case mouse
keyboard build it overclocked it.

tis very quick on multi processor support progs or running
multiple vst instruments ect ect

very quick. for the price

( over clocking is a bitch to begin with but i learnt it in
a week or two.) worth the effort no doubt at all.



 

offline freqy on 2008-03-23 09:39 [#02187545]
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that is on air cooling too.at 1600 fsb thats about as far as
i would want to take a q6600 on air

...on water however some people using a q6600 are running
cool at 15 ghz+ (3.8 x4 +) 2000 fsb

not sure how the newer quads are running ..quicker still i'm
sure.



 

offline freqy on 2008-03-23 09:46 [#02187548]
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the secret to a stable system is to tune the bios.

using programs like prime 95 and temperature monitoring
software such as coretemp

when you put load a computer 100 percent cpu usage ....the
frequencies of the ram fsb cpu north/south bridge voltages
need to be in tune with each other ....or you get problems
crashes windows not shuting down an stuff.

tuning doesn't fix all the problems OS/sofware but it helps
to have a balanced electrical system. and overclocking is
great if you can keep your board, cpu cool.



 

offline 1up from greater manchester (United Kingdom) on 2008-03-23 11:05 [#02187581]
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i'm getting the cheapest macbook with the intentions of
slamming 4gb ram in. i can't wait.


 

offline freqy on 2008-03-23 11:22 [#02187588]
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you can get dual quad (2x 3.2ghz x 4 ) tower case macs .
thats near 25 ghz cpu power

8 core but veeery expensive .




 

offline freqy on 2008-03-23 11:26 [#02187590]
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€3,476.33 for a 3.2 x 8

compared to mine at half the speed at around 400 quid
upgrade!

i hate computers , really ,,i wanna be a squirrel :P



 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2016-10-11 03:34 [#02505388]
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android or iOS?


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2016-10-11 18:47 [#02505403]
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your mum


 

offline RussellDust on 2016-10-11 19:08 [#02505408]
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I use Andrios. He's a good lad.


 


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