Re: the good old Mac/PC question (was: looping observation)

[Per Boysen <per@boysen.se>]

On 2004-08-02, at 03.33, Matthias Grob wrote:
>
> yeah, a tabletPC would be perfect for stage! but do they have the 
> necessary features and price?
> -- 

Matthias,

If buying a PC for serious audio application, there is only one way to 
go: buy an exact set-up that someone else already is using 
successfully! (also see Kim's post). Same CPU, same audio card, same 
hard drive, same driver versions, running the same software etc, etc...

I'm just back from four days at a Swedish electronic music festival and 
during ten to twenty performances a day we saw only Apple Powerbooks 
there, except for two or three guys that used Sony Vaio's.

When I was using PC systems for audio I was constantly comparing and 
discussing different system set-ups (and there are hundreds of 
possibilities) with the Logic beta group. We found that not many PC 
combinations gave the best performance (also counting stability and 
reliability) and it was a fact that almost non of the "ready made" 
systems you buy at a store is good for audio. You really have to get 
into it and order a dedicated audio PC system. That was three years ago 
and I'm now using Mac's (since they launched the G5 technology and 
reduced prices by 20 percent, here in Sweden) so I'm afraid my "PC 
knowledge" may now be obsolete ;-)

All the best

Per Boysen
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