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CamelFilters:
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--- Quote from: CamelFilters ---we put vegas and soundforge against pro tools just for sound issues.
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I rock the 17" G4 Powerbook, and I use pro tools all the time. It's a powerful little box, when I'm out doing live sound I can run 18 tracks straight from the board into my powerbook just fine. It could use a little bit more plug-in power, but it IS a laptop.
Other than that, I've had it for a while now, hasn't crashed yet. It does everything I've asked it to flawlessly. And it's nice and shiny.
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the only things i can say i don't like about pro tool are:
a) depends on own hardware to function, so there is no way you can copy it.
b) it's windows are huge and one needs two 21" monitors just for usability.
apart from that it's a damn good tool. in fact i think is the only piece of software i know that actually deserves to have "pro" on the name.
Druid:
--- Quote from: CamelFilters ---se what you've done! you've put doubts in my fragile litle mind. now i'll just have to test vegas as soon as i stop depending on my school for propper hardware.
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Sorry. :)
Kanno:
--- Quote from: CamelFilters ---b) it's windows are huge and one needs two 21" monitors just for usability.
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cmd-= my friend, cmd-=
(command equals. makes non-stop rocking {protooling} possible.)
Sideways:
The Mac UI (User Interface) is truly a thing of beauty.
Macs are also more efficient graphics processors, in general. Of course, you can upgrade your PC to high heavens (like mine) but most Macs, right out of the box, are better suited for high-end graphics applications (Photoshop, Maya, etc).
Macs are more intuitive, they tend to have less errors, they have a less complicated file installation protocol, and they are pretty.
PCs are much better for gamers, as many (actually most) games STILL don't come out for Mac... and if they do, it's through an often buggy port, or through the publisher themselves but delayed by months and months.
City of Heroes has been out for over a year, you still can't play it on a Mac.
nihilist:
The whole "Macs are better for video/gfx" thing is somewhat passe, in my opinion. I firmly believe that there is no real reason to choose one over the other except for personal choice. You think the GUI is better, cheers. Some people don't (or won't). Others think that Linux is the way to go. Still more think that GUIs in general are evil, and a console is all you need.
The best G5 ($3800 CDN) comes with a Radeon 9650, in AGP format. Seriously. You can buy a top of the line Dell (single processor, 3.4GHz, dual core) with an ATI X850 XT PE PCI-e for about $2500 CDN. Or, you can buy a dual Opteron 242 with 2GB RAM and an nVidia Quadro from HP for about $3500. If you're feeling adventerous, you can put your own system together.
Quick example:
Tyan THunder K8WE (latest dual-CPU motherboard)
2GB Corsair PC3200 (DDR400) Registered ECC memory (2*1GB)
2 AMD Opteron 246 (2GHz) CPUs
2 Asus GeForce 6800 256MB DDR video cards running in SLI mode
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB SATA HD (7200RPM/8MB buffer)
Plextory PX-716SA Dual Layer DVD+/-R/RW (SATA, fuckers!)
Panasonic 1.44 Floppy
Antec Titan 550 Case
Total price: $3700 (CDN).
The difference? A whack more RAM and two fucking HOT video cards in the x86-based system, faster CPUs in the PPC system. Will SLI help for rendering? No, but even a single 6800 is faster than the 9650 that comes in the G5. Do the G5 processors stomp the Opterons? Probably not, due to the way that AMD designed their processors. I'd imagine that a dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ would probably incinerate most any and every system out there.
So, yeah. Right out of the box, there's no huge difference between the best G5 available and a generic whitebox x86.
It's all about personal choice. :p
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