Re: [microsound] Mac vs PC

[Tjeerd Sietsma <tsietsma@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Tjeerd Sietsma <tsietsma@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> The main differences between a PC and a Mac are (from a sound designer's
> point of view):
> - PC is cheaper than a Mac to buy, but a Mac keeps it's value
> - PC's usually come with Windows. Windows demands your attention all the
> time.
> 
> In what way do you mean that Windows "demands your attention all the
> time"?
> I work on both PC and Mac and don't find either one to demand more of my
> time than the other. From what I've seen, both operating systems have
> thier own particular issues. And all the talk about how Macs are "more
> intuitive" are based on subjective opinions rather than objective ones
> because when I first started using PCs, I didn't have much problem
> getting around on them (without a manual), but when I started working
> with Macs, I had to spend too much time searching for certain basic
> functions and system settings. But this was just my personal experience
> (again, a subjective one). 
>  
> And if you're working with sound, Macs and programs made for Macs are
> (yes, needlessly) overpriced, and there are still way more sound oriented
> programs available that are made for Windows and cost less money or are
> available for free on the internet. 
> And I still think many people in the sound world partially use Macs
> because they are viewed as some sort of status symbol !  ;-)  I'm sorry
> people, but it doesn't make the music any better just because it was made
> on a Mac.

Mac is no status symbol in my personal environment. But the fact remains
that
when using a Mac you don't have to think about the OS all the time.
Windows
continuously pops up needless messages, especially when connected to the
internet. It's real hard to work safe on the internet when using
Windows.
e.g. the latest version of Windows XP connects to the internet in 16
ways
even when the internal firewall is supposed to block all traffic.
Foolish
and naieve users who still use Outlook and Office often don't realize
the
danger: since Outlook is glue-ed to the other components of Microsoft
office
with VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) it is hell easy for even
teenagers
to write viruses. This is because Microsoft wants the system to be open,
and
they have no need to secure it like e.g. Java is sandboxed to prevent
other
from breaking into your system. For more info see
http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com
and click on the link "What's so bad about Microsoft?"
In short, Windows comes standard with a lot of problems and stuff you
really
don't want to think about. Mac doens't have much of such problems.
-- 
  Tjeerd Sietsma
  tsietsma@xxxxxxxxxxx


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