The fact is, Apple h/w is nice and so is the software. In order to get even
close, you have to spend a fair amount of money on a PC workstation. I have
played on both sides with media production and I still prefer the Mac.
However, Windows 7 is the best Microsoft has done to date and there is
still plenty of space for PC vendors to innovate. Most choose not to.
-gl
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Mark Myers <MarkM@sr-pro.com> wrote:
> Problem is that you have to be a gear head to run anything on Linux. I
> don't want to know what goes on inside the box. I just want to turn it
> on and have it work, and right now there are few out-of-the-box products
> for Linux other than Open Office, and various web server applications.
>
> Now I say all that tongue firmly in cheek. I work on a MB, and edit on
> an Imac - but I have to say the main reason I got them was because my
> agency clients kept snearing "How can you edit on a PC??? Everyone
> creative uses a Mac." Made me want to smack them upside the head.
>
> The mac is nice. Nicer than a comparably priced PC? Well.... maybe.....
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 11/1/11 5:04 PM, op wrote:
> > we're fanboys because windoz sucks. Linux is the answer.
> >
> > Owen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:02 PM, Mark Myers wrote:
> >
> >> OMG, but what about viruses!! The "I@$Y! fan boys are so convinced that
> >> Mac's are virus proof that its sickening.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
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> >> On 11/1/11 2:11 PM, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
> >>> Give me Avid on PC over FCP on Mac ANYDAY!!
> >>>
> >>> Shirley
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Robert Lawson<avidrhl@gmail.com<mailto:avidrhl%40gmail.com>>
> >>> To: Avid-L2<Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>
> >>> Sent: Tue, Nov 1, 2011 6:51 am
> >>> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] mac pro no?
> >>>
> >>> Great. I love telling Mac-heads that they have to use a PC. The truly
> >>> indoctrinated ones give me a look like they just ate a bug.
> >>>
> >>> On 11/1/11, John Heiser<jpheiser@gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:jpheiser%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>> It will push more Pros to Windows. Consumers, and those who don't need
> >>>> powerhouse hardware (graphic designers, writers, etc.) will still
> enjoy
> >>>> Apple machines in droves, which works perfectly into Apple's plan.
> >>>>
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> >>>> *john heiser | senior video editor*
> >>>> *o2**ideas*
> >>>> birmingham, alabama, USA
> >>>> http://vimeo.com/johnheiser
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Erik_Freid<erik@mediasilo.com
> >>> <mailto:erik%40mediasilo.com>> wrote:
> >>>>> **
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I see lots of current problems if the MacPro is phased out, not just
> >>>>> expansion of a hypothetical "mac mini pro". But Apple is becoming a
> >>>>> manufacturer for the consumer masses with idevices, Apple TV and thin
> >>>>> notebooks. Unless they allow licensing for 3rd party hardware for
> legal
> >>>>> hackintoshes which would be nice, we are too niche for their big
> >>> picture.
> >>>>> The sad thing is before the ipod/portable device revolution it was
> our
> >>>>> niche market (the creative user) that kept the company afloat for 20
> >>>>> years.. and this is how we are treated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It will push more people to Windoze, whether they like it or not.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>> System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows& Interplay
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