Would you rather buy a $1000 Windows PC or a $1000 Mac PC?
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Would you rather buy a $1000 Windows PC or a $1000 Mac PC?
I'm just doing some research for a project.
Sorry, but a 1000 dollar Mac cannot hold a candle to a 1000 dollar PC as it stands...hell, a 1000 dollar mac can't hold a candle to a 700 dollar PC, sadly. Apple needs to open the market so that there can be some competitive growth and cheap clones...
However, I also wouldn't buy Intel or a Celeron either. AMDMe(tm) please...
Actually screw PC's period...I would buy a 1000 dollar Origin deskside box, because it would rape both those computers and my company makes the CPU for it...gotta love corporate loyalty!
However, I also wouldn't buy Intel or a Celeron either. AMDMe(tm) please...
Actually screw PC's period...I would buy a 1000 dollar Origin deskside box, because it would rape both those computers and my company makes the CPU for it...gotta love corporate loyalty!
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Well I learned today that AMD processors use some sort of VIA motherboard that really fks up music in the studio. For some reason or other, (probably cheapness of quality) crackles and pops etc. show up after recording. With Intel chipsets though, my music is as clean as, well, as Marc Nadene's crotch? (Though without the unwanted crackles and pops... ok thats a little over the top...) Contrastingly perfect.
And oh yeah.. that $1000 is canadian dollars: $763.94 u.s.
And oh yeah.. that $1000 is canadian dollars: $763.94 u.s.
I've been using a nForce2 motherboard for forever, and have had no such problems. You probably bought a VIA Chipset based motherboard (big mistake for performance computing). If you were to get a decent nForce motherboard, along with a decent sourd card (I love my Audigy, emu10k* cards have always been good quality, I find).
While the VIA chipset is nothing spectacular, it's unlikely that the recording issues are related. I record through an AudioPhile 24/96 and have absolutely no audio glitches. I have one of the shittiest VIA based motherboards available. What version of Windows is studio guy Lee running? Win2k is notoriously bad for recording. The problem is probably resolvable; you should hit 'im up.
Well hes using Windows XP Professional. He said he did a lot of research on the internet about it and it's not fixable. Maybe it's just that type... We thought it was the sound card but he insisted that it wasn't. Anyways he's going back to his Intel board, so I wont bother. It's his problem.
Oh and Phirkel... Dr. Strangelove sure is a good movie, eh?
Oh and Phirkel... Dr. Strangelove sure is a good movie, eh?
Dylan: Yessir, it is ... possibly one of Kubrick's best (after maybe A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket).
I'm just gonna voice my support for my earlier opinion that VIA chipsets are crap, and I'm gonna add that "Studio Guy Lee" is a moron, because there are probably more ALi, AMD and nForce-based motherboards out there than there are VIA-based mobos. I suspect, however, that we're gonna look at the KT4V[-L] like we do the Mac LC nowadays -- like Apple keeps makin' them.
I'm just gonna voice my support for my earlier opinion that VIA chipsets are crap, and I'm gonna add that "Studio Guy Lee" is a moron, because there are probably more ALi, AMD and nForce-based motherboards out there than there are VIA-based mobos. I suspect, however, that we're gonna look at the KT4V[-L] like we do the Mac LC nowadays -- like Apple keeps makin' them.
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I'll stick with Mac.
I like being able to emulate a PC, and I'm pleased to see so many PC users emulating a Mac.
PCs have come a long long way and deserve respect and I don't want to start a platform-flamewar. What's the right computer for one person isn't necessarily the right computer for someone else.
But I'd still rather pay $3000 for a Mac with the performance equivalent of a PC I could get for $650.
Naturally I'd prefer to pay $650 for the Mac and Apple isn't as overpriced as it once was.
I like being able to emulate a PC, and I'm pleased to see so many PC users emulating a Mac.
PCs have come a long long way and deserve respect and I don't want to start a platform-flamewar. What's the right computer for one person isn't necessarily the right computer for someone else.
But I'd still rather pay $3000 for a Mac with the performance equivalent of a PC I could get for $650.
Naturally I'd prefer to pay $650 for the Mac and Apple isn't as overpriced as it once was.
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What are you talking about? Apple is one of the major makers of highend graphics hardware and software, and most current 3d games are available for the mac.medafor wrote:im into 3d gaming and highend 3d animation, a market apple cant even come close to competing in.
No personal computer can run console games without an emulator, which most run slower than OSX chess on PearPC (no offense Seppel).medafor wrote:but what good is that if you cant have the latest console games
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