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<blockquote data-quote="TJ Cornish" data-source="post: 23428" data-attributes="member: 162">Re: MacbookBy day I&#039;m an IT guy.&nbsp; Virtually every dollar I&#039;ve made in my life has come from supporting PCs and Microsoft software (haven&#039;t made it &quot;big&quot; yet as an international pop star :roll<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.I have owned 2 Macs - a MacPro I bought in 2002 as a Protools/Final Cut rig, and a MacBookPro 2009, which is now my main computer.&nbsp; The whole Mac vs. PC thing came into focus for me when I made the following observation - software updates really pissed me off when using my Mac.&nbsp; With PCs, they&#039;re inevitable, and constant.&nbsp; I have just accepted the reality that there&#039;s a lot of maintenance, and let them roll off my back.&nbsp; When they come up on my Mac I&#039;m frustrated, because I have the expectation that I power up and get immediately to work.Steve Jobs&#039; success has come from his ability to say &quot;No&quot; to stuff.&nbsp; That has paid off in a platform where the hardware is almost universally better than the competition (a few low-end products and certain gamer expectiations compared to custom gaming rigs excepted), and the smaller universe means that things are easier to test for compatibility, and generally work without screwing around.&nbsp; See the recent StudioLive thread as an example of this.Can you do great work on PCs?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; Windows 7 has been far better than any previous MS operating system - the stability gap has closed considerably.&nbsp; I still am a Mac guy when I can be, because I have felt the difference, both in hardware quality and in software quality.Here&#039;s an interesting article on Mac hardware:<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/microsofts-rahul-sood-says-every-pc-industry-exec-should-use-a/" target="_blank">http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/microsofts-rahul-sood-says-every-pc-industry-exec-should-use-a/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="TJ Cornish, post: 23428, member: 162"] Re: Macbook By day I'm an IT guy. Virtually every dollar I've made in my life has come from supporting PCs and Microsoft software (haven't made it "big" yet as an international pop star :roll:). I have owned 2 Macs - a MacPro I bought in 2002 as a Protools/Final Cut rig, and a MacBookPro 2009, which is now my main computer. The whole Mac vs. PC thing came into focus for me when I made the following observation - software updates really pissed me off when using my Mac. With PCs, they're inevitable, and constant. I have just accepted the reality that there's a lot of maintenance, and let them roll off my back. When they come up on my Mac I'm frustrated, because I have the expectation that I power up and get immediately to work. Steve Jobs' success has come from his ability to say "No" to stuff. That has paid off in a platform where the hardware is almost universally better than the competition (a few low-end products and certain gamer expectiations compared to custom gaming rigs excepted), and the smaller universe means that things are easier to test for compatibility, and generally work without screwing around. See the recent StudioLive thread as an example of this. Can you do great work on PCs? Yes. Windows 7 has been far better than any previous MS operating system - the stability gap has closed considerably. I still am a Mac guy when I can be, because I have felt the difference, both in hardware quality and in software quality. Here's an interesting article on Mac hardware: [url]http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/microsofts-rahul-sood-says-every-pc-industry-exec-should-use-a/[/url] [/QUOTE]

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