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Question for you Computer Literate people (macs in particular).

jasonresno

jasonresno

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    So I've heard from every musician alive that, if you are serious about your music and want something to record/produce/edit with, a Mac is the way to go.

    Is this the truth?

    I've got my recording rig hooked up to my PC and the software I have is alright...but I've gotta say Logic looks real appealing to me and every Mac I've seen seems real sleek and quick.

    I don't want to get into a Mac/PC battle here at all (though I've always supported the PC and have always loved my PC) but is there any truth to the thought that Macs are better than PCs for musical work?

    If so... what would you rec?
     
    Well Macs have Garage Band and these other products you can buy to maximize the recording/editing/sound and stuff. I suggest a Mac even though I've never used it to create my own music except in Music Class.
     
    It's easiest to find good music editing software on a Mac. That's not to say there isn't anything better on other systems, but for Mac, you can just ask around. On most other systems, you'll have to go searching for the software.
     
    Macs have the best bundled program for recording, Garageband. It also has one of the best programs written specifically for it, Logic Studio. I'm sure that windows is just as proficient, however you will most likely may just as much or more for the Windows software as the Mac stuff. (If you already have a Mac then it's considerably easier just to either use/ upgrade Garageband and cheaper for Logic if You're serious.)
     
    Anything a Mac can do, Windows can do as well.

    It all depends on how fast your machine is really, you'd get the same result on a Mac as you would with a Windows computer
     
    Thanks for the replies guys! I guess whilst I have you great minds here: What laptop would you recommend? I want to mix power with price and speed.
     
    Well for the Mac side, one words says it all: Pro. Go with the Macbook pro if you are going the notebook route. For Windows Machines, I'd just as soon recommend a decent Spec'd Dell Studio series notebook or go with a good spec'd Sony Vaio.
     
    Gerri Shin said:
    Well for the Mac side, one words says it all: Pro. Go with the Macbook pro if you are going the notebook route. For Windows Machines, I'd just as soon recommend a decent Spec'd Dell Studio series notebook or go with a good spec'd Sony Vaio.
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    I disagree on both fronts, but because I recommend a different strategy altogether. Personally, what I'd do is go cheap on the laptop and buy a strong tower to back it up. Get something under $300 for your laptop and under $900 for your tower, and you'll have a laptop that works reasonably well (as long as you don't try to do anything too complex), and a tower that works for pretty much whatever you throw at it. And it'll still be less expensive than a MacBook Pro. There are a lot of good netbooks and low-cost notebooks out there these days. The market has been changing rapidly recently, so I'm not completely up to date; however, I can still recommend an EeePC or an Aspire. As for a tower, I would highly recommend using one of the configurators at CyberPower. Configured correctly, you can easily get a high performance computer for about $900, and it will outperform some of the best available laptops on the market.

    Also, personal experience has told me to stay far, far away from Dell. Maybe their service has changed recently, but I have had many problems with them in the past.
     
    I don't get why everybody's sucking up to Garageband, when it clearly blows large donkey balls compared to the Logic suite.

    Seriously, if you're a professional, don't stick with Garageband. I'm not saying it's not fantastic, but you may end up wanting a little more.
     
    wakachamo said:
    I don't get why everybody's sucking up to Garageband, when it clearly blows large donkey balls compared to the Logic suite.

    Seriously, if you're a professional, don't stick with Garageband. I'm not saying it's not fantastic, but you may end up wanting a little more.
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    OP is quite clearly not a professional and so Garageband will be fine.
     
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