Don't want to start a product war but

[ddusty]

Hi Nick, I think my meaning was lost in the attempt at humor. (besides i was using the Political metaphor, not the religious one )My point was both machines are capable of making great music, as this forum can well represent. Most people can't afford one of each (or more) so the point was supposed to be that there is no write or wrong answer.If my sign off was unclear, I am a Mac guy who just happens to be using his work (i.e. not mine) laptop to post these messages.Rob

[og]

Well, I've got Nick leading on points. Unless somebody gets in a lucky punch....

[stick]

Quote:If I'd had my druthers, I'd jes move in with Stick but maybe next year......:)COME ON! There's a bed in the back of the studio! HA HA!I sorta glossed over the political part of the thread, but I still think Logic on a Mac would be a solid way to go for you for putting together instrumental tracks. Yes, Stylus is a great product for loops/drums. Though, if you need to fake a real kit playing something other than a stock loop, you'll have to look at some of the other drum packages like BFD, Strike (for ProTools), EZDrummer, etc. There's a Stylus deal going on now where you can get it and all the expansion packs for a nice price.

[squids]

Quote:Well, I've got Nick leading on points. Unless somebody gets in a lucky punch.... *snicker*

[milfus]

the new 8 core mac is the old quad core without any updates cept the processor and it costs 9 grand and will need to be traded in for more money in like 2 months.*lucky punch*

[djdeweese]

I'm on the mac side of the fence for this one. Obviously people have had different experiences with different platforms, but we run both macs and PCs here with a couple different home businesses, and the Macs have just proven to be much easier for me to troubleshoot and keep virus free. They're almost always just plug and play. And it can be done affordably: A mac mini is under $600, is more than fast enough, and comes built in with GarageBand software, which will get you up and running for music editing/recording without having to buy a higher-end digital audio workstation.Just my two cents worth.

[Mark Kaufman]

Quote:Hey squiddy I'm still using an old Pentium 4 3.2Ghz (yep, that's a single core ) PC with 2GB RAM and lots of hard drive storage (around 600GB, mostly for samples).It's getting long in the tooth and I'm probably gonna upgrade next year, but it still works okay even with my rather busy schedule and the wide variety of sometimes relatively demanding work I do.Oh and it's even a stock Dell . I've had this comp for several years and it's worked pretty much flawlessly, the only thing I don't like about it is that's a little noisy, since it wasn't built to be a "quiet" studio machine.So, you definitely don't have to break the bank if you go the PC route.HTH,mattoHmmm...Matto, I have a similar PC but many problems when I try to use it for recording. May I ask what you use for software and interface?Thanks!-Lyle

[matto]

Sure, Cubase SX 3 as the main sequencing software. The interface is an Maudio Delta66 PCI card with Omni I/O breakout box.All older stuff, it's worked for years. I have tons of newer plugins though.

[squids]

So if you're planning to upgrade, Matto, what's your direction? Still PC? Or Mac?

[matto]

PC. I wouldn't switch cause they've worked perfectly for me. I've also seen Macs fail just as much as PC's in my own experience, so I personally see no advantage in switching.Besides, all of my old projects going back years are PC projects, and even though Cubase is cross platform it would still be more of a hassle. I'm probably going to go with a purpose built computer next time cause I want something quieter due to the way my new place is set up.