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A mac is a chick magnet. Ladies love apple.

too true

There are too many pieces of software/hardware that don't have 64-bit versions/drivers that are reliable. 

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I do a great amount with the Adobe Master Suites

Like this, for example.  Since when is Adobe Master Suite packaged with a computer apart from some special bundle?

true, when 64-bit XP first came out I remember getting a copy cheap from a friend that does testing for them.... they hadn't yet made a driver for internet use.... FAIL

side note- I never have this problem with mac software

Oh, I didn't get CS4 with my mac, had to get it separately. but it runs it like a champ

Quote from: Cpt.Jaeger on November 10, 2010, 06:42:21 PM

Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on November 10, 2010, 06:22:44 PM

A mac is a chick magnet. Ladies love apple.

too true

Quote from: The Schaef on November 10, 2010, 06:15:09 PM

There are too many pieces of software/hardware that don't have 64-bit versions/drivers that are reliable. 

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I do a great amount with the Adobe Master Suites

Like this, for example.  Since when is Adobe Master Suite packaged with a computer apart from some special bundle?

true, when 64-bit XP first came out I remember getting a copy cheap from a friend that does testing for them.... they hadn't yet made a driver for internet use.... FAIL

side note- I never have this problem with mac software

Oh, I didn't get CS4 with my mac, had to get it separately. but it runs it like a champ

CS4 runs like a champ on my XP desktop (Dell XPS 630i) as well as my Macbook Pro dual booted with XP.

well, before my current macbook pro, i had a quad-core custom desktop running XP PRO-64 bit, and it took longer on that than on my mac. Example, on the quad, there was about a 3 second startup-loading screen.... no the mac, it's up in less than a second and doesn't display a loading screen.

Every time I opened CS3 on the Mac Pros at my last college, it took just as long for them to load up the program. I have yet to notice a significant performance difference on either platform. I prefer how it's laid out on windows however. I can't stand everything being in floaty windows (though I know they changed it so you can disable that in CS4 on macs).

And for the record, my two computers have the following:

-Dell XPS 630i -
2.4ghtz Core 2 Quad
Dual Nvidia 8800GT (512MB) cards in SLi
4GB RAM
1TB hard drive
19" 1440x900 Dell Monitor
XP Pro

-17" MacBook Pro-
3.08 Core 2 Duo
9600M GT (512mb)
4GB RAM
500GB hard drive
17" 1920x1200 monitor
Mac OS X and XP Pro

and nerfed all to crap to lock down what the users can do.

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Example: Garageband comes on the mac. It's about $100-300 for a decent recording program.

You're claiming Garageband is a decent recording program, your argument is invalid.

It's decent. Not great, but decent. Nice to start off with, and nice for the simple things I do. Once I decide to go deeper into musical production, I'll get a better program.

As a MAC user and a PC user I like them both.

yeah, there are pleasant advantage to both

Quote from: Ring Wraith on November 11, 2010, 12:05:11 AM

Quote from: Minister Polarius on November 10, 2010, 11:48:13 AM

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Example: Garageband comes on the mac. It's about $100-300 for a decent recording program.

You're claiming Garageband is a decent recording program, your argument is invalid.

It's decent. Not great, but decent. Nice to start off with, and nice for the simple things I do. Once I decide to go deeper into musical production, I'll get a better program.

No virtual tracks+no sequence cropping=not decent.

From the little I know about virtual tracks, they really aren't necessary. I'm not sure what sequence cropping is...

I logic studio and final cut pro.....