Re: [Avid-L2] Re: No dig...can someone explain why PC is preferred these days for MC?

6.0 has certainly had a few bugs - our 5.0 installs are basically rock
solid, but a 6.0 that I oversee is a little more troublesome (nothing
approaching devastating, but occasionally frustrating)

Like Terry observed, all other things being equal (at least as much as
possible) I have generally found Avid on Windows to be more stable than Mac
(thinking back to about v3 and up I guess) - and also as Terry mentioned
Avid crashes under Windows often seem to be more gracefully handled.

Personally I don't actually enjoy using Macs - I find a massive amount of
OS X to be incredibly annoying, but that's just me and doesn't really
affect how I use Avid. I've tended toward Windows for a while because I
found the value for money (and expandability) to be a little better.
Although I was seriously considering a Mac purchase about a year ago
because it'd give me the flexibility to run FCP ad Avid (in OS X and
Windows). But then Apple killed FCP and I stopped caring.

Currently I absolutely would not put money into any Apple hardware (except
tablets and phones) because I don't trust them to continue to care about my
needs. I'm fairly certain there is not going to be another Mac Pro, the
MacBook Pro looks likely to be hobbled soon, the OS is becoming more
iOSish, etc etc... Even Smoke, which I'd love to have available as an
option isn't enough to convince me to buy Apple.

Sorry - went a bit ranty there... :)

Dylan Reeve
http://dylanreeve.com/


On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 2:39 AM, jeffsengpiehl <jeffsengpiehl@yahoo.com>wrote:

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>
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> The reason is 6.0
>
> JDS
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>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <robertsalsbury@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I spent 6 months working on 5.5 on an iMac backed by Editshare, and it
> was the best experience working on an Avid I'd had since pre-Adrenaline
> days. Fast, I could go for weeks without a crash, honestly the first time
> it had been fun for me to work on Media Composer in years.
> >
> > Now I'm cutting on a PC based MC, running 6.0.1, backed by a Unity
> installation, and it is not fun - crashy, slow to respond, seemingly tuned
> to save the instant I want to try something...
> >
> > So - for real - is the reason for the preference for PCs just down to it
> being several years since we've had a new Mac Pro?
> >
> > Is my setup at this post-house just sub-optimal, and if I had a new PC
> here I wouldn't be wondering?
> >
> > Is there some other reason?
> >
> >
> > -Robert Salsbury
> > blog.robertsalsbury.com
> >
>
>
>


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