For ease of use and stability... I would recommend Macs over PCs. However, PC having the larger user base, PCs have a lot of freeware programs specifically made for PC. I use Macs for everything. I try not to be elitist about my choice in computers. It usually tends to be the other way around for me... PC users tend to hound me and treat me like I'm inferior because of my choice of computer... it's almost like a form of digital racism. The way I see it, you use a computer, and that's all that matters. Use what suits you. I've used Macs my entire life, I didn't even know what a "right click" was until 4th grade. I find PCs to be complicated, and it's not because I'm stupid or I'm not intelligent, I just haven't been exposed to PCs as much as I have Macs. Macs are used in the world of music because they are easy. When you're setting up a studio and you have a computer as the core of your studio, the last thing you want is for the computer to have problems. Macs are just the better choice for audio, IMO. PCs have certain strong points (games and graphic cards, definitely), but Mac is stronger when it comes to professional audio. And infoterror is right... off-the-shelf Macs have really good sound cards as opposed to a regular off-the-shelf PC. I know musicians that use PCs that are always complaining about how much their sound card sucks, and I'm just standing there pretending like I feel their pain and I know what a sound card is. I know one guy who uses nothing but Fruity Loops and makes some killer material, but his sound card sucks so much he can't hear almost any of the bass frequencies, so when he burns it all to a CD and listens to it on a CD player or a stereo he's blown away because so much of the dynamics of his work were muted by his sound card's horrible quality. Also, what infoterror didn't point out is that the very first commerical software program for recording external audio onto a computer was called SoundTools, and it was exclusively released for Macintosh. SoundTools, developed by DigiDesign, later became known as ProTools. Also, Apple bought out the company that produced Logic after they released Logic 6, which is why Logic 7 and subsequenct versions of Logic came out for Mac. Since then many musicians have shifted towards using Macs instead of PCs. In the end it is really a matter of preference... but it would be nice if the superiority complexes surrounding Macs and PCs came to an end sometime soon.
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For ease of use and stability... I would recommend Macs over PCs. However, PC having the larger user base, PCs have a lot of freeware programs specifically made for PC.
I use Macs for everything. I try not to be elitist about my choice in computers. It usually tends to be the other way around for me... PC users tend to hound me and treat me like I'm inferior because of my choice of computer... it's almost like a form of digital racism. The way I see it, you use a computer, and that's all that matters. Use what suits you. I've used Macs my entire life, I didn't even know what a "right click" was until 4th grade. I find PCs to be complicated, and it's not because I'm stupid or I'm not intelligent, I just haven't been exposed to PCs as much as I have Macs.
Macs are used in the world of music because they are easy. When you're setting up a studio and you have a computer as the core of your studio, the last thing you want is for the computer to have problems. Macs are just the better choice for audio, IMO. PCs have certain strong points (games and graphic cards, definitely), but Mac is stronger when it comes to professional audio.
And infoterror is right... off-the-shelf Macs have really good sound cards as opposed to a regular off-the-shelf PC. I know musicians that use PCs that are always complaining about how much their sound card sucks, and I'm just standing there pretending like I feel their pain and I know what a sound card is. I know one guy who uses nothing but Fruity Loops and makes some killer material, but his sound card sucks so much he can't hear almost any of the bass frequencies, so when he burns it all to a CD and listens to it on a CD player or a stereo he's blown away because so much of the dynamics of his work were muted by his sound card's horrible quality.
Also, what infoterror didn't point out is that the very first commerical software program for recording external audio onto a computer was called SoundTools, and it was exclusively released for Macintosh. SoundTools, developed by DigiDesign, later became known as ProTools. Also, Apple bought out the company that produced Logic after they released Logic 6, which is why Logic 7 and subsequenct versions of Logic came out for Mac. Since then many musicians have shifted towards using Macs instead of PCs.
In the end it is really a matter of preference... but it would be nice if the superiority complexes surrounding Macs and PCs came to an end sometime soon.