mp3jrick
All Pioneer also, CDJ's, DJM 5000 mixer and RMX 1000 (because I don't trust VST's) and not a single issue ever.
Its gonna cost more, but the feel and response is worth it.
Don't really care for the all in one units, but to each his own.
Just got tired of the yearly beat down when a new feature was added or something was fixed forcing a purchase.
It really is kind of nice to have an excellent working rig with no reason to upgrade anything.
The same goes for software, never had a reason to upgrade past 7.2 just because it works so well.
Its gonna cost more, but the feel and response is worth it.
Don't really care for the all in one units, but to each his own.
Just got tired of the yearly beat down when a new feature was added or something was fixed forcing a purchase.
It really is kind of nice to have an excellent working rig with no reason to upgrade anything.
The same goes for software, never had a reason to upgrade past 7.2 just because it works so well.
Posted Tue 27 Sep 16 @ 8:00 pm
bagpuss
locodog wrote :
Off Topic, Yeah tell me about Dells, had one were the cpu fan went faulty, like you said, screen off, keyboard out and the rest, to find it had just come unplugged, 1/2 an hour to get in to do a 5 second fix.
I've run a Dell that was about the 3rd of the price of the equivalent mac, and it 4-6 nights every week since the end of 2011, never had a problem, amazing return on investment.
I've just upgraded to an Asus about 2/3 the cost of a decent mac, it runs perfectly, the only downer was stripping out the bloatware, but that's a price I'm willing to pay for the saving.
Posted Tue 27 Sep 16 @ 8:04 pm
kradcliffe
I have had a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro for over 3 years now. Apart from uninstalling McAfee and a few other bloatware programs I haven't changed much at all.
It gets used for every gig in tablet mode (including video to external monitors) and nothing is shut down or disabled. I use Opera as my browser during gigs, IE for my Twitter feed and various other programs without any issue. It runs Windows 8.1 (with Start8) and is totally solid in every way.
I agree bootcamped Macs can be good, but the new Macbook Pro machines haven't been as well made since 2009 or so. If you buy the correct Windows machine it can be every bit as good ..... although now with Windows 10 my opinion has changed. It's a disaster waiting to happen.
It gets used for every gig in tablet mode (including video to external monitors) and nothing is shut down or disabled. I use Opera as my browser during gigs, IE for my Twitter feed and various other programs without any issue. It runs Windows 8.1 (with Start8) and is totally solid in every way.
I agree bootcamped Macs can be good, but the new Macbook Pro machines haven't been as well made since 2009 or so. If you buy the correct Windows machine it can be every bit as good ..... although now with Windows 10 my opinion has changed. It's a disaster waiting to happen.
Posted Tue 27 Sep 16 @ 8:11 pm
mp3jrick
Well here is another benefit to boot camping your Mac.
Macs are pretty much immune to viruses, so with a boot camped machine you can surf the net on the Mac partition pretty much carefree and use the PC partition for performances.
So when it came to the internet, I always used the Mac partition and it was completely isolated from the PC side.
So if you only had one machine, you technically had the best of both worlds.
Buying an OEM version of Windows virtually guaranteed you had 100% of your machine's resources available, watch your cpu surge in VDJ up and down and check your cpu performance in your task manager, it should be steady, and if its not you can easily identify which of the processes is causing it.
Imagine how fast your machine would be without antivirus stealing your resources that you paid hard cash for.
Macs are pretty much immune to viruses, so with a boot camped machine you can surf the net on the Mac partition pretty much carefree and use the PC partition for performances.
So when it came to the internet, I always used the Mac partition and it was completely isolated from the PC side.
So if you only had one machine, you technically had the best of both worlds.
Buying an OEM version of Windows virtually guaranteed you had 100% of your machine's resources available, watch your cpu surge in VDJ up and down and check your cpu performance in your task manager, it should be steady, and if its not you can easily identify which of the processes is causing it.
Imagine how fast your machine would be without antivirus stealing your resources that you paid hard cash for.
Posted Tue 27 Sep 16 @ 9:33 pm
wickedmix
I been trying to avoid this topic but since there is some miss information here..........
there are viruses malware and trojans for every operating system here is some info from MAC, yes, I know you will see that they haven't discovered viruses in the wild but the other stuff can be worse about eating up your system resources don't believe the hype.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2435
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/02/20/yes-apple-really-does-have-a-serious-problem-with-computer-viruses-and-malware/#5c5ba97c2201
http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/295168-the-ten-most-dangerous-mac-viruses
there are viruses malware and trojans for every operating system here is some info from MAC, yes, I know you will see that they haven't discovered viruses in the wild but the other stuff can be worse about eating up your system resources don't believe the hype.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2435
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/02/20/yes-apple-really-does-have-a-serious-problem-with-computer-viruses-and-malware/#5c5ba97c2201
http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/295168-the-ten-most-dangerous-mac-viruses
Posted Wed 28 Sep 16 @ 9:00 pm
djtyme209
mp3jrick wrote :
Well here is another benefit to boot camping your Mac.
Macs are pretty much immune to viruses, so with a boot camped machine you can surf the net on the Mac partition pretty much carefree and use the PC partition for performances.
So when it came to the internet, I always used the Mac partition and it was completely isolated from the PC side.
So if you only had one machine, you technically had the best of both worlds.
Buying an OEM version of Windows virtually guaranteed you had 100% of your machine's resources available, watch your cpu surge in VDJ up and down and check your cpu performance in your task manager, it should be steady, and if its not you can easily identify which of the processes is causing it.
Imagine how fast your machine would be without antivirus stealing your resources that you paid hard cash for.
Macs are pretty much immune to viruses, so with a boot camped machine you can surf the net on the Mac partition pretty much carefree and use the PC partition for performances.
So when it came to the internet, I always used the Mac partition and it was completely isolated from the PC side.
So if you only had one machine, you technically had the best of both worlds.
Buying an OEM version of Windows virtually guaranteed you had 100% of your machine's resources available, watch your cpu surge in VDJ up and down and check your cpu performance in your task manager, it should be steady, and if its not you can easily identify which of the processes is causing it.
Imagine how fast your machine would be without antivirus stealing your resources that you paid hard cash for.
when will u fanboys ever wake up ???????????????????? macs get virus's also... not as much as windows but they do get virus's.....im a pc tech and work on computers & ive lost tack at how many tymes i get asked (do u fix macs also) wake up you dang apple zombies macs do get virus's
Posted Thu 29 Sep 16 @ 1:32 am
mp3jrick
It would be great if you checked the name calling at the door, not a fan boy or a Mac zombie.
My comments are based on my OWN experiences, I have no agenda in this nor do I care what people use.
I've been wrong before and can accept it when I am.
However, NONE of the articles are in regard to boot camped machines or protecting a PC install in another separate partition, that was my point.
My PC side, NEVER saw the internet and therefor didn't need antivirus which helped considerably with resources.
I used the Mac for email, doing support and FB and forum discussions for the most part.
In my own defense, there is plenty of information in those articles that kinda supports what I am saying about Macs being "less likely" if I may, to get viruses especially since OSX.
Sure, a file shared across a partition could cause an issue, but I'm not downloading porn, or installing apps outside of music programs.
Older os's were more vulnerable, but less likely to still be in use.
Again, none of these articles are regarding boot camped Macs where a PC install in another partition was infected which was my point.
You have to be careful no matter what you do online because its only a matter of one wrong click sometimes.
If you have something to add, then certainly post.
If you are posting to flame, save it.
My comments are based on my OWN experiences, I have no agenda in this nor do I care what people use.
I've been wrong before and can accept it when I am.
However, NONE of the articles are in regard to boot camped machines or protecting a PC install in another separate partition, that was my point.
My PC side, NEVER saw the internet and therefor didn't need antivirus which helped considerably with resources.
I used the Mac for email, doing support and FB and forum discussions for the most part.
In my own defense, there is plenty of information in those articles that kinda supports what I am saying about Macs being "less likely" if I may, to get viruses especially since OSX.
Sure, a file shared across a partition could cause an issue, but I'm not downloading porn, or installing apps outside of music programs.
Quote :
No computer system is completely immune from possible attack, but Apple’s OS X (being Unix-based) is less vulnerable than most, particularly the latest versions from Lion onwards.
Quote :
Whilst it is a fairly safe bet that your Mac will NOT be infected by a virus, it may have other security-related problem, but more likely a technical problem unrelated to any malware threat.
Older os's were more vulnerable, but less likely to still be in use.
Again, none of these articles are regarding boot camped Macs where a PC install in another partition was infected which was my point.
You have to be careful no matter what you do online because its only a matter of one wrong click sometimes.
If you have something to add, then certainly post.
If you are posting to flame, save it.
Posted Thu 29 Sep 16 @ 11:09 am