Imac upgrade after years of PC related misfortune

JEZMONDO · Post by **JEZMONDO** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:20 pm

I have taken the plunge and bought myself a Mac one week in and everything works great and has been uploaded with minimal fuss.
I stuck with PCs for 15 years but found that they were alway unreliable and nothing ever went smoothly. Sonar must have crashed everyday with several projects that were lost just when they were getting good.
So I am now hoping that those days are over. If the same things keep happening I am going to take up the penny whistle

I have put some picture of my studio layout and my last bits of hardware on myspace. Check it out if you are interested.
Best
Jez
http://www.myspace.com/slownoises

Myfirstcasio · Post by **Myfirstcasio** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:48 pm

You won't regret moving to Mac. The only people in my experience that have a problem with Mac's after owning one are people who have been unlucky enough to be sold a machine from a faulty batch, happened with my Friend when his Macbook hard drive completely died after 6 months of use. This is rare though.

I have had my G5 for 5 years plus and its still going strong, never had a virus, never have issues with corrupt data and I think its crashed twice the whole time I've had it (with no loss to any data)! The only issue is that my DVD burner doesn't always work, but then who burns CD's and DVD's these days?

Wait, one draw back... LACK OF VST/VSTi SUPPORT!!!

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:18 pm

Myfirstcasio wrote: Wait, one draw back... LACK OF VST/VSTi SUPPORT!!!

who uses VST on mac these days? it's all about Audio Units on mac.

Myfirstcasio · Post by **Myfirstcasio** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:39 pm

Well I don't really see the advantage of either but some of the best VST's are not available on Mac.

minormal · Post by **minormal** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:06 pm

MAC supports VST's and is compatible with enough for anyone's needs.

The biggest draw-back is the cost!

Myfirstcasio · Post by **Myfirstcasio** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:34 pm

Well the cost is a problem, but then having the paid goods is better than cracked software. As for VST, I may have exaggerated but I get frustrated when VST's I have my eye on are only available for windows, with no AU support. Thats all.

Phase Ghost · Post by **Phase Ghost** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:57 am

Get the mac. You'll be able to run Logic. That's why I switched. OS X is a joy to use to. A million times better than Vista. Plus your friends will be jealous

Myfirstcasio · Post by **Myfirstcasio** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:59 am

Vista is made of wattle and daub, its a joke.