As someone who hasn't worked on Windows in quite awhile, I'm curious
what these optimizations are exactly. Are they standard procedure, or
more of a personal voodoo?
Cheers,
--Michael
On 13-06-16 10:09 AM, blafarm wrote:
>
> Agreed.
>
> It takes me a total of 20 minutes to optimize a Windows machine (BIOS,
> Power, Graphics). Of course, performance and stability are helped by
> using a qualified hardware platform.
>
> Also worthy of note, on very complex multi-layered jobs, I see
> performance differences which clearly tilt the scales to the Windows side.
>
> And, then there's graceful crashes, which seem to happen infrequently,
> but which are priceless when they do happen. I'm not a fan of doing
> work twice.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
> >
> > My first computer was a Mac Plus. At that point the choice was
> between the drag and drop interface of Mac and memorizing commands in
> DOS. It was a no brainer for me.
> >
> > I was forced into the Windows world when Symphony came out on PC
> only. (lack of enough PCI slots, a Steve Jobs victory). I've been
> through all the iterations of Windows since then, and the Mac
> iterations from before permissions being an issue to now. And if you
> don't se how the two systems have come towards each other, you aren't
> paying attention.
> >
> > I now manage a lot of systems that are split between Windows and
> OSX. And I can't agree with your assessment that Mac is so much
> better. It takes me a few minutes to make the system adjustments on a
> PC after a fresh install that optimize it for Avid work. But there
> tweaks on the Mac side also.
> >
> > But the real difference comes in running MC/Symphony on the two
> platforms. I for one don't prefer the wonderful crashes on Mac, where
> you are suddenly looking at the desktop and have lost all of your
> work, vs. the less common crashes in Windows which throw up an
> assertion error allowing you to save your work before elegantly
> restarting the app.
> >
> > And that is the most important thing to me as an operator. A crash
> that loses work done, is a time loser and therefore a money loser.
> Combine that with the planned obsolescence that we have to put up with
> on the Apple side, and the "We are not an open platform" surtax, and
> as an equipment purchaser I have to lean PC.
> >
> > All that said, I am all Mac at home where Apple has the more elegant
> solution.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Mark Spano <cutandcover@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Windows and Mac OS becoming more alike? I want what you're smoking!
> > > Managing a PC and getting one optimized to do anything productive
> is a lot
> > > more work and a ton more trouble than it is worth. Mac OS and Mac
> OS Server
> > > are so much more elegant and less kludgey than anything Windows
> has ever
> > > made. If forced to leave Mac OS, I'd go to Linux before Windows.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Terence Curren <tcurren@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > **
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>, "jonathansabrams" <jonathansabrams@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > << I use Windows by force, not by choice. While I am
> disappointed that the
> > > > new Mac Pro does not have PCIe slots, I will choose to use an
> expansion
> > > > chassis before I choose to use Windows.>>
> > > >
> > > > I use both, and with each passing year they become more alike.
> Right down
> > > > to the attempt to catch up to Windows 8 with iOS7.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>
>
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