ruairioflaherty
Well-known member
Mac Devotee here. On my 8th mac in 10 or so years, have always had several on the go at once. Currently I have an ageing dual 1.8GHz as my studio machine and a Macbook Air as my dayjob machine. The G5 is almost comically stable despite the abuse I've given it. I can record 12 tracks at 9624 while browsing and keeping Office, Mail and Photoshop open. I'm totally over tweaking my computers, my life is too busy and short. In 5 years on OSX I've never (that's right never) thrown away the Pro Tools preference file (supposedly a necessity everytime the wind changes direction). I've installed anything I wanted and frequently have scanners, drives, keys and all sorts of sh*t on every available port.
The Macbook Air is an incredible piece of lifestyle engineering. To read the myriad of BS threads on the internet one would believe it's a crippled designer piece of crap. In fact it's fundamentally changed how and where I work. It's so light I bring it everywhere without a thought. The battery life is a real 3.5 hours every time. The screen is clear and bright and finally the processor is more than fast enough for email, web, graphic design and general office monkey stuff. I got mine in from the States and if it broke I'd spend the same money again in the morning to replace it. The lack of a cd drive is a non issue. I bought the external and have used it three times since I got it. The lack of ports is another non issue. I print, surf and backup wirelessly.
I have a new PC laptop which they gave me for work. It's pathetic. Nothing else to say. I spent my own coin to avoid using it. I did install FPD on it...
Chris it sounds to me like you're judging the mac experience on the frankenstein machines you choose to put together. The beauty of mac is that you don't have to get under the hood to keep it running. Should've taken Marty up on his offer of a G4 Powerbook :green:
Cheers,
Ruairi
(pissed on good wine in Provence)
The Macbook Air is an incredible piece of lifestyle engineering. To read the myriad of BS threads on the internet one would believe it's a crippled designer piece of crap. In fact it's fundamentally changed how and where I work. It's so light I bring it everywhere without a thought. The battery life is a real 3.5 hours every time. The screen is clear and bright and finally the processor is more than fast enough for email, web, graphic design and general office monkey stuff. I got mine in from the States and if it broke I'd spend the same money again in the morning to replace it. The lack of a cd drive is a non issue. I bought the external and have used it three times since I got it. The lack of ports is another non issue. I print, surf and backup wirelessly.
I have a new PC laptop which they gave me for work. It's pathetic. Nothing else to say. I spent my own coin to avoid using it. I did install FPD on it...
Chris it sounds to me like you're judging the mac experience on the frankenstein machines you choose to put together. The beauty of mac is that you don't have to get under the hood to keep it running. Should've taken Marty up on his offer of a G4 Powerbook :green:
Cheers,
Ruairi
(pissed on good wine in Provence)