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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:16 pm
by whineo
seeing as this is not a mac vs pc thread
...
..If you can afford it get a Macbook
you wont regret it
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:16 am
by atomic dogg
Allright so against the grain I want a pc, had macs all my life, sick to death of em.
Looken at spending about $1800 aussie dollars (870.300 GBP)
I've heard toshiba and asus are a good go and to steer clear of hp and dell.
I've also heard that the sony vaio's are pretty bullet proof but I dont know if i'd be just paying the extra for the prestige.
Anyone got any suggetions PLEASE! got to do it before finacial year
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:33 am
by badeshi
yeah man, always against the grain here....
I would always recommend PC over Mac. I used both professionally and although they are fundamentally the same, ie do the same jobs, I find the Mac much more fussy.
you can get some mad power PC laptops now, 4 gig Ram etc I aint so keen on Vista and use XP pro but windows 7 looks better.....anyway
its your cash!
I use an Acer laptop for the last 4/5 years never any probs (touch wood) still use it to produce on the road and for all my serato needs.
like earlier poster said you just cant click on the 'free porn' pop ups!!
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:39 am
by teqh
Whineo wrote:seeing as this is not a mac vs pc thread
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..If you can afford it get a Macbook
you wont regret it
I couldn't even afford one and pretty much bankrupted myself
DO IT
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:42 pm
by Danny T
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:16 pm
by DOOMTROOPER/T40
Been looking at that one but i heard you wanna get at least 15" when you;'re doing music production with sequencers and all that otherwaie the screen aint big enough and gets annoyin apparently.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:25 pm
by DZA
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:29 pm
by jsilver
my setup:
Dell Inspiron 1420 (came with linux, $600)
using the onboard SigmaTel with ASIO at 2048 samples at 44.1khz in FL Studio with M-Audio AV20 speakers (don't buy these, get BX-5a or better, these are cheap) and Oxygen8 v2
runs really well, excellent quality, etc
all of that for under a grand and you get 2 buttons on the mouse (!!!)
(will run Mac OS X if you can find the right AHCI driver !! i have successfully booted the installer DVD on this machine)
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:34 pm
by dynamat
If you get a macbook, get it insured. I was out playing in Ibiza last month and i had my macbook pro stolen from my apartment. Only getting 300 quid off the insurance aswell so dont make my mistake
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:39 pm
by hurlingdervish
jsilver wrote:
all of that for under a grand and you get 2 buttons on the mouse (!!!)
i would get so annoyed with ctrl clicking everything...
doesnt make sense to me why mac has one button to start.
its like hey! check out this new guitar, it only has 3 strings! thats all you really need anyway
the onion knows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:44 pm
by dynamat
I actually find apple + ctrl clicking faster than windows once you adjust to it
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:49 pm
by contakt321
Easier on your left hand (Mac's use the Apple Key instead of control)
Or, just get a 2 button mouse.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:29 pm
by futures_untold
Macs are fashion accessories, much like iPods and iphones. There are better featured more functional devices out there, but people eat the advertising and dig that roundy look... -:pukes:-
Save your money, buy double the spec on a PC and thank yourself everytime you see a cool new prog that doesn't run on a Mac. Bootcamp??? Pain in the arse.
My mate got fed up with his macbook and bought a pc laptop instead. He's loving it! My old house mate had problems with the cd drive which involved authorised repair centres and 'nuff stress. PC users just buy a £20 DVD drive from any computer store, pop it in themselves and are good to go within hours.
You may also want to consider the external hardware you will attach to your new laptop. Do you need firewire, ethernet or any other special plugs. If you have a usb keyboard, midi controller, wacom + soundcard, you'll be reaching for usb hubs in no time with a Mac. Apple charge extra for their computers that have extra firewire ports etc and call 'em 'features'...
The only reason to consider a Mac is if your going to use Logic. Truly, that's it...!
(I won't deny my PC bias. I hate Macs more than I hate women with 'tashes.... 
)
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:42 pm
by HAACK
In my opinion the functions of a notebook are much more powerful than any mac, you have the upper hand for higher processing speeds and graphics utilization, unlike macs, there are many draw backs as the years will progress ex: upgrades, software, graphics, processor, etc.
Also it depends on how much you are spending, but from experience I would choose a notebook over a mac any day.
Cheers.
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:37 am
by chopha
I bought the new MacBook (13,5") when it first came out, upgraded it to 4Gb memory and have since then been doing music and worked in photoshop daily. I run Logic Pro 8 on it and my latest tune hade over 80 plug-ins and effects spread over 15 different channels and it still runs smooth.
The new Mac's are killers and OS-X is stable as asphalt. I haven't regretted buying it and I don’t see my self going back to PC.
/Chopha
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:50 am
by d_skribe
i would recommend getting a PC but just know this, if you plan on running windows on a mac via VM (parallels) know this, parallels becomes unstable when your doing big projects.
buy a PC, buy all your software and stay the fuck away from torrents. Granted this is the hard road and takes thousands of dollars to become legal, but when its all said an done, LOVELY!!
i am a PC and my computer will eat your children!
-D
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:16 am
by naus