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RD - I Hate Computers [with DD] (pg. 2)
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| DJ RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake_Jarrell
i couldnt justify spending $3700 on a laptop that i could get the same specs on from dell for around $1600
but thats just me |
Blake you have to do a little more information diving than simply checking out the specs and comparing them straight up to a Windows based PC... It's really Apples and Oranges (no pun intended). :)
And I wouldn't go back to Windows from Mac in a million years... True that OS X Tiger has some isses, but for the most part if people have kept up with their updates, they aren't a problem anymore.
Edit: Also, it doesn't really sound like you have a ton of experience working on proper Mac's, I guess if I were you, I just wouldn't make blanket generalizations about something you don't really ever use outside of a classroom setting (where we all know that computers, PC or Mac, have a tendency to get ed rather quickly).
To each their own, but I just don't see a really strong argument from you as to why people shouldn't be using Mac's...
| quote: | Originally posted by SENECA
just got the mac book pro 2ghz...
being an apple user, would you suggest picking up an apple care plan?
$349!!!! wtf? worth it? [/thread-jack] |
Yes. Let's just say that in the third year, or whenever some sort of new generation comes out, you'll be very, very happy with how comprehensive that extended warranty is... ;)
I'm not usually the champion of extended warranties, but Apple's is money... |
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| lücid |
| Bobby... when i opened this thread and saw a tracklist, i thought "I Hate Computers" was the name of your new demo! :stongue: |
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| SENECA |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake_Jarrell
i couldnt justify spending $3700 on a laptop ...
but thats just me |
what apple were you looking @?
mine was considerably less than that |
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| DJ RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by SENECA
what apple were you looking @?
mine was considerably less than that |
So were all of mine, and they're loaded... I think with that number I could pay for all 3 of the mac's I've ever owned.
:wtf: |
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| UWM |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
Bobby... when i opened this thread and saw a tracklist, i thought "I Hate Computers" was the name of your new demo! :stongue: |
OMG I heart you. That's totally going to be the name.
And by heart you I mean in a friendship sort of heart you way. :D |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
OMG I heart you. That's totally going to be the name.
And by heart you I mean in a friendship sort of heart you way. :D |
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| DJ Cubano |
| quote: | Originally posted by SENECA
just got the mac book pro 2ghz...
being an apple user, would you suggest picking up an apple care plan?
$349!!!! wtf? worth it? [/thread-jack] |
LMAO go pretend your a college student or get your friend to do it, 239 then. I work at the apple retail store in Austin, or else I would've helped you out. |
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| jrock2468 |
| Wow, I didn't know so many MWTA's used Ableton! I may have to post a thread and get some feedback from y'all on my own sets that use it. |
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| Blake_Jarrell |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RJT
Blake you have to do a little more information diving than simply checking out the specs and comparing them straight up to a Windows based PC... It's really Apples and Oranges (no pun intended). :) |
it's really not this big mac vs pc debate that you are now turning this into. i was just telling the guy that he shouldnt jump on the mac bandwagon because ableton hiccuped since macs are certainly not free of problems. i then posted what i think are great examples of why i think that my argument holds water:
A) apparats mac crashed twice and smartbar the other night
B) protools 7 on G5 macs in my class crash all the time.
and those were just two off the top of my head. i could have gotten way more elaborate with it.
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RJT
And I wouldn't go back to Windows from Mac in a million years... True that OS X Tiger has some isses, but for the most part if people have kept up with their updates, they aren't a problem anymore. |
thats just dandy that you wouldnt go back, most people are usually overprotective of their investments. Updated XP machines are fine too, especially if you run a little antivirus now and then and dont go ing with the registry like i do all the time and burn myself.
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RJT
Edit: Also, it doesn't really sound like you have a ton of experience working on proper Mac's, I guess if I were you, I just wouldn't make blanket generalizations about something you don't really ever use outside of a classroom setting (where we all know that computers, PC or Mac, have a tendency to get ed rather quickly). |
those G5s are cleaned daily and kept up pretty well from what i see. not to mention they are used ONLY for music production. i open 4 wave files in protools at once, poof crash. wtf is that all about?
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RJT
To each their own, but I just don't see a really strong argument from you as to why people shouldn't be using Mac's...
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you dont see a strong argument from me because im really not trying to have a mac vs pc debate. they both capable of having signifigant problems that are undeniable, ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH AUDIO SOFTWARE AND VST BASED . with that being said, and like i said twice earlier, i just warned the guy to shy away from the elitist mac bull bandwagon, and not to jump on it purely because ableton crashed on him, thats all.
on a lighter note, check this out:
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/media/bitch.mpg |
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| Blake_Jarrell |
| quote: | Originally posted by SENECA
what apple were you looking @?
mine was considerably less than that |
top of the line mac book pro with all bells and whistles is $3700
same exact specs on a dell are about $1600 last i checked. |
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| lücid |
:stongue:
"mac killed my inner child" |
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