Originally posted by mikeathome1:
I bought a mac and couldn't get used to it. For example, All the little free or cheap programs I was used to using I couldn't find for mac. To edit midi files the way I was used to with power tracks pro ( a pretty cheap program) you had to spend big bucks to buy a comparable program on the apple.
I wanted to create a blank web page I had to use their templates. Same with the imovie and I just found all that software useless.
But to be fair I didn't want the learning curve.
It was just easier to do things the way I was used to. After using pc's for so many years I found almost nothing intuitive on the mac you had to do it their way.
I had it for a year never turned it on and ended up selling it on ebay.
I think you've nailed it. That's exactly how I feel when trying to use Xp for music. I don't find it hard, I just can't be arsed about it.
I have a perfectly good PowerMac G5 (dual 2.7Ghz) as my main studio workhorse and it does exactly what I want it to. I'm used to Logic, I'm used to Mac OS (in fact I've been using Logic for something like 14 years now). There's just no bloody need to use anything else. Zero.
About 8 feet away from it I have my Canada computers PC. It's my gaming machine (CPU from hell, killer graphics card etc). I've never ever bothered doing any music with it. In fact its a kind of "take a break and play ****ing WOW or Stalker etc" computer. A friend even installed Sonar for me but I haven't messed with it at all. that computer is for everything but music making.
cheers,
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