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I'm not a Mac-person, myself, but I worked at Apple for a year in the 'ProMedia' group, and I can vouch for the brainshare in the OS X audio group... they have people who have worked at companies like OSC and Opcode, and thus have been deeply involved in audio/MIDI on the Mac for many years... They are getting the chance to 'do it right' this time, and the architecture looked great when I was there... of course, I have alot of time and money invested in the wintel world, and I have faith in companies like steinberg and sonic foundry to continue to produce quality software for that platform... as well as personally knowing the ins/outs of audio/midi software development issues... But, I'm sure once I have enough cash to throw at a Mac I'll add one to my studio... :) peace -cpr >-- Original Message -- >Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:40:23 -0800 >From: Mark <sine@zerocrossing.net> >Subject: Re: Mac G4 midi software question >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > >I can't agree with you more Stuart. I work in a company that's all >Wintel boxes, except for our Video editing suite and the Art director >and myself (designer/animator). I've just seen *too* many weird >conflicts and problems on the Windows platform, even though all the >Wintel boxes (running W2K) are just running office for the most part. >Our web server? Mac too. I asked our IS guy and he said, "stability >mostly." All the PCs are locked down so no one can make any changes or >install anything, but the macs are left alone. Why? "I just don't have >any problems with them." > >But, I think there's another issue here as well. OSX. It's really the >biggest reason I didn't go from my old Power Mac to a PC. I've not yet >tried v. 10.2, but 10.1 is like a rock. Occasionally apps will go down, >but the OS itself remains untouched. It just "feels" better. I can't >wait until Digital Performer 4 comes out and I can stay in OSX all the >time. With it's built in MIDI functions and protected memory system I >believe that now that ProTools has been ported to it, it will become the >industry standard for music. > >Mark Sottilaro > >"Stuart Wyatt (Solo String Project)" wrote: >> >> > why a Mac? >> >> One word - Reliability. >> >> Before I switched to mac, I spent a number of years working with PC's, >> and encountered so many problems with PC/Windows systems... Blue screen >> of death, random strange problems.... I'd just had enough. I think the >> problems with PC's lie with the sheer diversity of processors, >> motherboards, cards, peripherals etc. etc. There are always driver >> conflicts, software glitches and basic screw-ups with Microsoft's >> bloated OS. >> >> With Macs, there is just one producer of computers - Apple. They also >> write (and do a very good job of it) the OS. It works. Sure they cost >> more than a comparable PC, but at what price is reliability? >> >> Whilst Mac systems are certainly not 100% problem free, I do have the >> confidence to use them in live performances which I would never have >> with a PC setup. >> >> Thats my 0.2c :) >> >> -- >> Stuart Wyatt (Solo String Project) - http://SoloString.com >