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Re: Mac G4 midi software question

I can't agree with you more Stuart.  I work in a company that's all
Wintel boxes, except for our Video editing suite and the Art director
and myself (designer/animator). I've just seen *too* many weird
conflicts and problems on the Windows platform, even though all the
Wintel boxes (running W2K) are just running office for the most part. 
Our web server?  Mac too.  I asked our IS guy and he said, "stability
mostly."  All the PCs are locked down so no one can make any changes or
install anything, but the macs are left alone.  Why?  "I just don't have
any problems with them."

But, I think there's another issue here as well.  OSX.  It's really the
biggest reason I didn't go from my old Power Mac to a PC.  I've not yet
tried v. 10.2, but 10.1 is like a rock.  Occasionally apps will go down,
but the OS itself remains untouched.  It just "feels" better.  I can't
wait until Digital Performer 4 comes out and I can stay in OSX all the
time.  With it's built in MIDI functions and protected memory system I
believe that now that ProTools has been ported to it, it will become the
industry standard for music.

Mark Sottilaro

"Stuart Wyatt (Solo String Project)" wrote:
> 
> > why a Mac?
> 
> One word - Reliability.
> 
> Before I switched to mac, I spent a number of years working with PC's,
> and encountered so many problems with PC/Windows systems... Blue screen
> of death, random strange problems.... I'd just had enough. I think the
> problems with PC's lie with the sheer diversity of processors,
> motherboards, cards, peripherals etc. etc. There are always driver
> conflicts, software glitches and basic screw-ups with Microsoft's
> bloated OS.
> 
> With Macs, there is just one producer of computers - Apple. They also
> write (and do a very good job of it) the OS. It works. Sure they cost
> more than a comparable PC, but at what price is reliability?
> 
> Whilst Mac systems are certainly not 100% problem free, I do have the
> confidence to use them in live performances which I would never have
> with a PC setup.
> 
> Thats my 0.2c :)
> 
> --
> Stuart Wyatt (Solo String Project) - http://SoloString.com