[78-L] Audio - Mac vs PCs - any advice? (rjh334578gmail)

[David Palmquist]

Everyone likes what they like - there's no right answer for Mac vs 
Windows machines.

Someone wrote "If you have no idea what that last paragraph means, stick 
with Windows.  No sense trying to learn to drive a standard transmission 
this late in life."

Sadly,  if you buy a new PC, you'll end up with the new Windows 8.1 
operating system, which is VERY VERY different than older Windows 
versions.  I've had it for most of a year now, and I'm still finding it 
hard to get used to.   (I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!)   It's 
oriented toward touch-screens, so if you have one and are used to 
tablets, ipods and ipads, it may be easy for you, but for me, a lot of 
the things that were easy to do in Windows XP are no longer easy.  At all.

On the other hand, I bought a high-powered PC, and the sound is very 
good with my speaker system.  There was no problem installing programs I 
had on my old machine, and both Audacity and Creative WaveStudio (now 
available as freeware) run in Windows 8.1 with no problem.  So do 
NoteworthyComposer and the simple version of Finale.

David in Delta





On 2014-09-11 12:00 PM, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
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> Today's Topics:
>     2.  Audio - Mac vs PCs - any advice? (rjh334578gmail)
>     3. Re:  Audio - Mac vs PCs - any advice? (Ron L'Herault)
>     4. Re:  Audio - Mac vs PCs - any advice? (David Breneman)
>     5. Re:  Audio - Mac vs PCs - any advice? (Rodger J. Holtin)
>     6. Re:  Audio - Mac vs PCs - any advice? (David Breneman)
>     7. Re:  Audio - Mac vs PCs - any advice? (Ron L'Herault)
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> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:56:52 -0500
> From: rjh334578gmail <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>
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> My pc crapped out.  I have a som trying to convince me a Mac is the
> way to go nowdays.  Surely some of you guys have some experience with
> this??
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> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:52:09 -0500
> From: "Rodger J. Holtin" <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>
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> There's a lot more to this story than is worth telling here, but perhaps I
> should have been a little more precise, anyway.  I have had to deal with
> both at work, so I know many of the issues between the two.  Are there any
> preferences in terms of audio gear relating to either that would seem
> significant?  I'm used to Nero and Audacity use on PC - anybody use those
> on a Mac.  Is garageband useful at all for what we likely do with audio
> transfer, de-click, EQ, burn CDs etc?
>
> Rodger
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:30 PM, David Breneman <
> dbreneman at t-online.de.invalid> wrote:
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>> Von: rjh334578gmail <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>
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>>> My pc crapped out.  I have a som trying to convince me a Mac is the
>>> way to go nowdays.  Surely some of you guys have some experience with
>>> this??
>> So many Windows vs Mac debates seem to revolve around the
>> old conundrum "Hitler or Stalin - Which is your favorite dictator?"
>>
>> Professionally, as someone who must carry a laptop because I
>> support mission-critical data center systems, which by definition
>> run either Unix or Linux, a Mac is better because you can get to
>> a Unix command line underneath all the user-friendly bullsh*t, and
>> that actually helps you get things done.
>>
>> If you have no idea what that last paragraph means, stick
>> with Windows.  No sense trying to learn to drive a standard
>> transmission this late in life.
>>
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