By the way, I use a Mac quad G5 at work, and 2 pcs at home. Both platforms are great but I'd recommend PC for audio production. Just feels more comfortable for me. Plus, they are way more customizable and cheaper too. Mac is really good for video editing. Graphics, I could go either way.

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Originally posted by DJ Chrono Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, E6400, E6500, E6600, E6700 and X6800 are the conroe chips. All socket LGA775.

I am going to be ripping out the guts of my machine very shortly and upgrading CPU, MB, RAM, and a couple of new HDD's. Any guidance would be very much appreciated on the AMD vs Intel debate from you guys.


Ta.


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Intel is the fastest thing going right now, but they are largely untested, especially for music stuff. I've been running an e6600 and an asus p5b deluxe with zero issues so far (3 days) but at the moment not many other people are running these things because they are still kinda hard to get.

I'd buy 2 $100 hard drives, I got seagates but the western digitals arent as loud, mine make this "revving up" noise that I first thought was my fans but it was really those loud ass drives,

fastest core2duo you can afford

RAM isnt quite as important on an intel system as it is in an AMD, you can get away with cheaper stuff. I bought 2gb of corsair cas4 675, but there is equivalent stuff for cheaper from other brands, just get the kind that your motherboard recomends that has the lowest latency

mb is tricky, the web shops that build DAW's for you are suggesting the asus p5w dh and the asus p5b deluxe, I did the p5b because the other one was sold out everywhere.

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Originally posted by RivalMan Warning – long post! .,. Hope this helped you a little bit in your decision making. Regards

this has been one of the best posts ive evar read on teh TA!

props!

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Some people might argue that because OSX is based around Darwin (a UNIX-based OS) it is more stable than Windows by definition. I see that as a “religious” argument. Don’t get me wrong: I love working in UNIX environments – all I’m saying is: Windows can be just as stable if you are working on a good setup.

I don't think this is a "religious" argument at all. Windows is full of cruft. Crap that's needed to make it backward compatible with software from 1988.

OS X, while based on Unix (which dates back to 1969), is much cleaner and better designed (no argument there). Look at Vista, Microsoft cannot seem to release their latest OS becuase of all the crap of past implementation of windows getting in the way. They should have started over just as Apple did with OS X (OS 9, for those who don't know, was a completely different operating system).

Personally I'm a Mac fan. I have a Macbook and I have Windows XP installed on it as well for the ocassional windows only application. The fact that you can run Windows on a new Mac really blurs the line about which to get. I say the more flexibility and choices, the better!

Your choice really can't be based on the hardware alone, as the new Macs are comparable to PC's in that respect. The hardware is exceptionally fast on any new machine.

What your choice SHOULD be based on, is:
1. Budget - If you can't afford a Mac, then you shouldn't get one
2. Time - How much time do you want to spend getting everything going? Mac's are really great about just pulling it out of the box and having it work. PC's (especially home-built's) will require a lot of your time. And if you've ever dealt with crappy drivers, or had a virus, you know that it's just not a good time.
3. Style - No question there, I like my perty Mac. Stupid? I don't think so... I have to look at it all the time.
4. And the biggest thing... the OS! For me the ease of use and features of OS X beat Windows hands down. Everything is much easier to work with in OS X (and I'm a software engineer, so it's not that I don't know how to do things in either OS, I just don't see the point in jumping through hoops).