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I believe Sound Forge is finally coming to the MAC (nasty teaser site thought to be from Sony http://www.finallyonthemac.com/) Of course, who knows when but still, this rumor isn't really a bad one to spread. Kevin On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Jeff Larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com> wrote: > I started using a Mac as my daily work machine a few months ago, there > are > only two things I miss. > > First the copy/paste keys are Command-C and Command-V rather than > Control-C > and Control-V and > I haven't found a good way to map them. I get used to it but it drives > me > nuts when I have > to switch between a Mac and a PC. > > Second, I can't stand Finder and the file chooser dialogs. I am a fast > typist, when I want a file the easiest > way for me is to type in the name and have the OS do auto-complete. Not > on > a Mac. Oh no, you're > not supposed to TYPE on a Mac, you're supposed to wiggle and scroll and > click for 5 minutes over a deep directory tree. > And if you want to search, by golly of course you want to search the > ENTIRE > file system, not the directory you > are currently in. Yes there's that goofy button under the search box > where > you can select to search in just > the folder, why the hell isn't this the default? > > Using any media file that isn't in an Officially Sanctioned Apple Format > (Quicktime) is a bit of a pain, > but there are 3rd party apps. There are no games but you can use > Bootcamp > if you have enough disk. > > Oh and SoundFourge. There is not a single commercial or free Mac sound > editor that works as well > as SoundFourge and don't waste time suggesting Ardor. I still do all my > .wav file editing on a PC > if I can. > > If you do any C++ development, Xcode just flat out sucks compared to > Visual > Studio. I also find Apple's > online docs much harder to use than MSDN. > > On the plus side Logic and Mainstage are great and hibernate just works. > I > have never had a > PC laptop that could come out of hibernation reliably. > > Overall I'm happy with the switch and I'd do it again. > > Jeff > > > > From: Kris Hartung <krispen.hartung@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com" > <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Date: Monday, July 2, 2012 5:42 PM > To: "Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com" > <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Subject: Conversion to Mac! > Resent-From: "Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com" > <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Resent-Date: Monday, July 2, 2012 5:42 PM > > Well, I did it...after 10 years of struggling and fighting with the PC > and > music making, countless crashes, blue screens of death, compatibility > errors, installation issues, IRQ conflicts, etc, etc , ad nauseum, I > converted to Mac. > All I can say is I don’t know why I didn’t do this long ago. I bought > the > newest Macbook Pro, upgraded processor, memory, and flash drive. I’m > loving > it! I had no idea what I was missing. -- Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all trouble. - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) Sound and Vision: http://www.minds-eye.org Video http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos