RE: the good old Mac/PC question

["Alan Kroeger" <nospam@akroeger.com>]

I personally think that it works out about the same if you have good PC
hardware (Audio Card & Base System) it works out about the same performance
wise. Cheap PC's end up being hit and miss where performance is concerned
so, if you spend about the same amount on your hardware as a Mac's hardware
you can end up with a decent audio system. The biggest problem with PC's is
you end up having too many choices and some aren't such good choices. My
solution is to use only upgraded versions of Dell Business PC's like the
Optiplex's I add memory cause I like having it as a margin (it's too easy 
to
use it up or find you need more memory later) I like a Gig of Ram right now
but 512 might work for most. It ends up not costing you s;ightly less in
hardware but, you can save some cost with software and lose some other
software options *shrug*

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Lehmann [mailto:hqr@cox.net] 
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:00 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: RE: the good old Mac/PC question

-----Original Message-----
Matthias Grob wrote in response to:
>No, I"m running OS X which is really stable.

yes, the OS hardly ever crashes. only the apps sometimes do :-( how about
the apps on XP?

----->I have started using Sonar 3 for XP as my sequencer on my laptop 
----->live
on gigs.  
I've been using Cakewalk for a decade.  I am using the playlist and Sonar
has a habit of crashing if I try to stop playback too quickly after a song
has started.

He also wrote:
I am seriously thinking about getting a cheap PC for stage and leave my
loved Mac safely at home. Also because its usually a hassle to keep
switching things if you have only one computer, so the PC I would only use
for playing, hoping that it would be ready for it at all times...


------->I had problems with the laptop playing back without rhythmic
accuracy--"hiccups"!
I had the drive reformatted, have avoided installing anything but music
apps, and have had no problems with the system I have never owned a Mac,
BTW.  Good luck to Nemo!
Gary "Relay" Lehmann