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second laptop thats eaten the shit in 2 yrs. thinking about replacing it with a mac. has anyone here switched from pc to mac? would you ever go back to pc for music production? |
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Wait, what? Why would you go back to pc for music production? That's the reason I want to get a macbook pro in the first place, a lot of the really good music software is made for mac (Logic Pro, Digital Performer, etc.). |
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the laptops ive owned were an IBM and an HP and they both were buggy as hell. no blame on viruses or spyware cause they had limited access to the 'net, theyre just junky. the HP had a malfunctioning firewire port so i couldnt use my audio interface, so i had to piggyback this PCMCIA-E thing to plug it in which required power on its own, and that shit hardly worked. it seems like you hear less people with macs complaning about basic functions of the computer... |
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I like my Apple Macintoshâ„¢ portable computer system. |
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i like boobies |
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ive had my macbook for a little under a year now and i love it. i have not had any software problems at all save for a few file permissions which got fucked up by windows so it wasnt even a mac problem. also, their apple care tech support rules. i spilled half a pint of beer directly into my laptop which fried nearly everything, and, granted it did cost me 1200 to fix a 1900 computer, but i essentially have a brand new computer which is still completely under warranty. another friend recently had the same thing happen and she had hers repaired for no cost at all! plus, with boot camp, now you dont have to abandon your windows software and can gradually move from one platform to the other. goddamn, i sound like an advert - where's my hipster bag and chunky unattractive peecee counterpart? |
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The only thing that still annoys me about making music on macs rather than PC is the fact that older software isn't compatible - it needs to be a universal binary version for the intel chip. Its not a big deal if you use 'proper' instruments and fx - but I have (had) a handful of old freeware bits that I really love, a couple of lofi synths and filters, and knew my way around them blindfolded. I don't imagine many would miss them though, there's already an increasing amount of intel compatible freeware bits available. But it also means that my legit version of cubase 2.0 won't work with the mac OS. And the fact that only new versions of sequencers will run means that there are less options for using pirated software as the new, compatible stuff generally hasn't been cracked, or has v effective security - but obviously this shouldn't be a prob if you're not being naughty. Apart from these compatibility issues (which probably wont be an issue for most people) there's nothing to fault macs for, production wise. I also can't imagine using a PC live anymore - using a mac totally makes you realise how unreliable PCs are. |
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fifth year with my hp laptop. works like a charm besides the dead battery which holds now 3 minutes and works as an ups. over 20 livesets played. |
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the only thing that holds me on pc's is fruity loops. yeah i know this might be lame but after 5 years with this prog it allows me to do just everything and it has just so much different little options that have great potential when used. |
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i used to agree with you. when i first switched, i was booting back to windows just to use flstudio (and my reliably cracked version of ableton). after 9 months, my laptop no longer even has a windows partition. |
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i am only jealous for max/msp and all those little homebrewn gems there are for macs. |
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actually that's the only argument for me for switching. and of course the sex factor. |
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hey, you're not looking in the other thread, what email u want an invite sent to? and yes, the sex factor is huge. |
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Next time get an Asus. |
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matrigs@wp.pl kiss kiss |
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Birds complement birds by saying they have sexy beaks and kangaroos complement kangaroos by saying they have sexy tails. |
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Cygnus, the macbook pros are well worth the money...you can dual-boot into Windoze, or you can run it simultanously with parallels... Persoanlly I still use Win for Sonar 6...(after a 70$ 1gb mem upgrade; 2gb total) on top of the osx for maximum compatibility for producing at friend's studios... I now use my old boxes to build Unix-based networks only for my job...I've never looked back to installing Windowze as a standalone OS...all VM on parallels... |
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Oh yeah, take the warranties into serious consideration...*SERIOUS* consideration... |
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My farts don't meet the emission control standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency. |
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My Lenovo (formely IBM) thinkpad T60 is built like a tank and is a brilliant laptop. I don't really use it for music, other than multitrack recording and tweaking stuff in cooledit pro, but I would recommend the T60. It's designed for business people on the move, so it is designed to be very durable. I find the styling very low key, business-like and sexy - no silly curvy edges and glowing apple logos, etc. My friend spend a lot more on a high performance apple powerbook and spilt milk on the keys after a couple of months - had to send it back to apple for repair. If I pour liquids on my thinkpad, they just drain through the keys and out of two holes at the bottom. When I use other laptops they feel so fragile and cheap. |
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If I pour liquids on my thinkpad, they just drain through the keys and out of two holes at the bottom. That is so cool. A laptop with a sewage system. Do they still make them with a mouse nipple in the center of the keyboard? I'd prefer a touchpad. |
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They have both nipple and touchpad! I prefer nipple, but my mate used the touchpad exclusively today and didn't complain about it. fav+ feature of thinkpad is its predictive drop system. Unlike others which detect they're falling to halt the disk and make it safe, this one detects things which can cause a fall. If it suddenly detects it is tilting it will think "hang on..I'm about to fall" and protect the disk. If you wobble it, it figures out there is repetative motion and eases off on the sensitivity. If only they would actually make them like in this . |
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Predictive drop A++. K, I'm sold. My next lappy will be one of those evil black business machines. Does it close its lid if it detects something sharp coming at the screen? |
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No, but it will unplug itself from the outlet and find shelter should the barometric pressure drop. |
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i moved to mac last year after a life time of bagging the shit out of macs and loving how in control of PC's you can be (reg edit etc..) but basicly if I ever have to use a piece of shit PC again it will be too soon. Switch to mac best idea ever. |
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i got a new computer a few weeks ago, it is a mac pro....i decided against a laptop because i am super hard on things and i spill on them and drop them and dent them all the time. this way i have to leave it at home. and i prefer to handwrite notes and have no occasion for a nice computer outside of my home (no "gigs" here) and the computer is super fast and waaaay to heavy to move out from under my desk (hard to spill on under there) |
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just switch from pc to paper it wpnt let you down |
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The cord for my laptop is getting busted. Every two minutes or so my screen starts flashing and I have to readjust it. The cord. Also, there are crumbs beneath my keys. Some letters make crunching sounds while others don't work at all. Besides that, my laptop's great. Of course it does, it's a Dell. |
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i got a macbook |
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my sony Fahio is dead sexy as hell |
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Congrats dude! Pro or normal? |
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regular one. the 2.16 w/ the 120gig hard drive and black. its so good |
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le macbook noire c'est tres chique! |
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'expose' beats the hell out of alt+tab |
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now install and read , it's totally awesome |
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quicksilver is absolutely wicked, still havent cleared the dock, but it's getting there :> |
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hey sadist did you make your avatar in 3ds by linking audio to an object ,modulating it via the amplification thingy linked to a bump map level or something ? looks like something i did once to a sphere. |
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WOW |
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haha |
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funny thing is, before i even opened this thread i knew the bust computer would be a pc and was going to recommend you get a macbook... looks like you already came to that conclusion, a black macbook, sweet! |
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