I WANT a computer that insults a power user!

My only goal is to make music. I'm a musician. I don't want to build my own arranger. I don't want to build my own piano. I don't want to make my speakers and assemble my own power amps.

I don't want to build a kit car to go to the gig.

Why would I want to build my own computer?

Every hour I spend not HAVING to learn to be an IT geek is an hour I can spend playing music. That's a deal I can't turn down...

Then you should be very very happy and far less "defensive"..

I thought the PC poster was the one being 'defensive'!

But thanks for informing me what I SHOULD be... I'm never sure until you tell me

Today at the CES show, Microsoft announced that windows 7 will be available to the public for Beta testing on January 9 (tommorow)
This is a first for any microsoft OS.


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

You might want to consider a Intel Mac which would allow you to have the best of both worlds. You can partition the Mac hard drive and run Windows XP simultaneously via Paralells or VM Fusionware or simply reboot to either system via BOOTCAMP. I prefer the Bootcamp method as running OS Leopard and XP Pro simultaneously is slower for system. Just a thought! Cheers, Brian!

Just remember... while you are running Windows, you are just as vulnerable to the Windows Woes as if you had a PC (which, in a way, you do!).

I'm with Diki. Mac all the way. What a pleasure.

I used a PC for years. Problem after problem.
Can't tell you how many times I had to reformat.
I've had my Mac for almost 3 years, not one problem and
I do everything on it from word processing to sequencing and writing music.

I still use a PC laptop for my gigs, reluctantly. Lyrics, mp3's....that's it. I will eventually replace that too. $$



[This message has been edited by Musicman22 (edited 01-08-2009).]

I think your example and hyperbolic diatribe equating the assembling of a car to take you to your gigs with assembling 12 parts readily available needed to construct a working PC is a little defensive....yeah.

I can understand someone not wanting to learn how to do some things. Hell I never "learned" how to play the piano but can make a few dollars doing it with the help of the technology.

Nor am I "anti-Apple" I just did not find using a conventional PC the chore others did. Nor would I refer to anyone who knows how to put 12 parts together to make a computer a "geek" any more then I would call someone who plays a full orchestra with the left hand and some melody with the right a "musician". Hell.. even I can do that!!!

You can use 32bit SW on 64 bit systems. 64 bit software will work as well. It's transparent to the user. Vista premium is 64 bit. All software that runs on Windows XP runs fine. Drivers can be an issue but not because of the bit depth but more the OS. The memory thing is something you might want to look into though if you really need 8 gigs.

I don't know much about the latest Mac OS but I had friends who's sequencing/recording software would not run on a new version of the OS. They had to upgrade their SW if they wanted to use the new OS. Never ran into that one with Windows 98 to XP to Vista.


[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 01-08-2009).]

Ditto.

I don't know what's going on under the hood of my car, much less want to waste half my life tinkering with it. I just want to get in and drive to my destination.

That's what the Mac is all about. It's for people who just want to get stuff done.

[This message has been edited by Seamaster (edited 01-09-2009).]