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You are talking about you, Stephen. Nothing of what I said is about you. We all have to chose the tools that best helps us to be productive. Everything I've said applies to how I function and to the working situation I mostly find myself in. That's it. Per On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Stephen Goodman <spgoodman@earthlight.net> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- From: Per Boysen > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 2:05 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: ADK Pro Audio PC VS MacBook Pro > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Andy Owens <andy@1800dialword.com> >wrote: >> >> Never been a Mac user, been thinking on it, but a question. Why get a >> souped up Mac and then only run windows on it for music? Seems the ease >of >> operation blah blah all the Mac hype kind of goes out the window here. >Why >> not spend half as much, get a killer souped up PC laptop and run Win 7? > >> That was at the very start of this thread. Someone wants the Apple >> hardware but has most his software for Windows. Hardware-wise it might >be >> just the same components inside the boxes but what Mac users appreciate >is >> that Apple boxes are more standardized and have passed a quality >control an >> the manufacturing process. > > Where did you hear that PC components lacked Quality Assurance, and >didn't > adhere to standards? Nowhere at all. I never said I heard that. All my choices are based on long experience with using many kinds of PCs running Windows, Mac and Linux. > This isn't true. I think it isn't true that it isn't true. >> From this follows that if you are working with the box you may suffer >less >> down-time if a Mac breaks down compared if a Windows only box goes >belly-up. > When a Mac breaks down it's an appointment with an Apple Technician or > repair firm. When a PC breaks down one is allowed to fix it in far less > time, themselves. > >> For a pro user the highest priority might not be to get the most >powerful >> machine but rather the most stable one that may be replaced with minimal >> down-time of shit hits the fan (and it will, sooner or later if working >> fulltime with the gear). > > Again unless one is just going to go out and suffer the expense of buying > another Apple machine that is. When was the last time anyone was >allowed to > buy an internal part for a Mac and install it themselves? If ever? > > Sorry, had to answer this Apple rubbish here. >