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

[Sean Miller]

Plus one to what Dave says.  I love my macs.

Sean

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> On Sep 11, 2014, at 7:58 PM, David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net.invalid> wrote:
> 
> 
> AllI can add to the discussion is that after being a PC person for nearly
> 20 years I finally went Mac in 2011 and would never go back.  Whatever
> good programs I had on PC I was able to find the same or equivalent
> program for the Mac with no trouble.
> 
> Dave Weiner
> 
> 
> On 9/11/14, 3:56 PM, "David Palmquist" <davidpalmquist at telus.net.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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:
>>> 
>>> 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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>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:56:52 -0500
>>> From: rjh334578gmail <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>
>>> Subject: [78-L] Audio - Mac vs PCs - any advice?
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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??
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPod - which explainz any bad typjng
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>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:52:09 -0500
>>> From: "Rodger J. Holtin" <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Audio - Mac vs PCs - any advice?
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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:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Von: rjh334578gmail <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 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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