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CarlJacobson@cakewalk.com wrote: > In support of the PC platform: > > 1. You can get a really powerful PC for a fraction of the cost of a >powerful > Mac. Yes, it is true that Wintel boxes are cheaper, but the time you spend trying to get them to work correctly will eat up that extra $250 in no time. BTW, you can't measure mhz between platforms, as Macs use a RISK processor. I've raced my friends 1 gighz PC compressing an .aif file into an .mp3 and my 400 mhz Mac was nearly the same. > > > 2. PC's have the lion share of the marketplace. Most software developers > now develop their products for the PC first, and then mac (if ever). that's just not true. Almost all pro level software exists for both platforms, and most are already out for OSX. Music companies are a bit behind, but there's Deck and MOTU has committed to an OSX version of Digital Performer out later this year. > > > 3. Cakewalk software is only available for the PC :) Unless you consider Metro the Macintosh audio/midi program that Cakewalk distributes. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Zvonar [mailto:zvonar@zvonar.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 5:18 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: O.T. Computers > > At 1:25 PM -0700 4/10/02, William Mcallister wrote: > >Whats the best bang for the buck? I eventually want to use it for > >recording and all things musical. > > I'm a Macintosh partisan and will recommend one. What's your budget? > Do you need a portable to take on gigs, or will a desktop model with > slots be more to the point? > > An iBook with an external audio convertor might be adequate. The list > price range for an iBook is $1,199 to $1,799. The models with Combo > Drives (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) are $1,499 and $1,799, the more expensive > having a larger screen. > > The G4 PowerBook is a lot more powerful and consequently more > expensive, with a price range of $2,299 to $3,699. All three models > have Combo Drives. > > The cheapest desktop is the iMac, with a price range of $1,399 > through $1,899. The bottom of the line has a CD-RW drive, the > mid-price has a Combo Drive, and the top has a SuperDrive > (CD-RW/DVD-R). The iMac has no expansion slots for sound cards, so if > you're happy with a USB or FireWire audio interface this could be an > ideal model for music production. It's also fairly compact, so it > could be taken out on gigs as well. > > Desktop tower Macs range from $1,599 to $3,849, plus the cost of a > monitor. The cheapest one has a CD-RW and the others have > SuperDrives. They all have PCI slots for sound and video cards. The > top models have dual 1GHz processors, but all of them are fast. > > Whichever model you decide on, you'll need an audio interface of some > kind. There are four types, depending on how you want to connect them > to the computer: USB, FireWire, PCMCIA, or PCI. All Mac models have > USB and FireWire. The laptop models have PCMCIA and the desktop > towers have PCI. Depending on your audio I/O needs you can spend > under $50 or over $50,000 on a system. You can get and 8-channel > FireWire interface for under $1000 and a 2-channel USB interface for > under $500. > > -- > > ______________________________________________________________ > Richard Zvonar, PhD > (818) 788-2202 > http://www.zvonar.com > http://RZCybernetics.com > http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone > http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz