Re: ADK Pro Audio PC VS MacBook Pro

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

Don't take it personally Per but when you make generalized statements 
expect 
a rebuttal from people who know differently.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Per Boysen
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:40 PM
To: Loopers-Delight
Subject: Re: ADK Pro Audio PC VS MacBook Pro

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.
>