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Posted by doc on 05/20/06 03:36
of course the number of units in production and also the number of users are
lower too, thus the number of complaints are lower. that doesn't take a
genius but then some people only see the piece of ice sticking out of the
top of the ice not the terrible issues below the surface. moreover,
apple/mac users are usually under the gun from the pc owners that they avoid
ever telling about their complications, for fear of being "I TOLD YOU SO!"
we know because we were there. and so were four of our comrades (who also
got rid of their mac's when they seen how seamless our pc's with avid
software were. :o) we've helped apple/mac loose a lot of business because
of how support and mac screwed us out of our warranty!
drd
"Mr. Tapeguy" <mr.tapeguy@pro-tape.com> wrote in message
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> Pat Horridge wrote:
>
>> >
>> I think there's some confusion here. If I were buying an FCP system to
>> edit
>> a series on a tight deadline I'd be looking at a reasonable spec machine
>> and
>> for that I'd expect to spend some serious money.
>
>> To compare that to a $399 PC is nonsense. If I was specing a PC to use as
>> a
>> nonlinear edit suite I'd be looking at an HP or similar probably an
>> xw8200
>> or some such. It would work out of the box to do exactly what I need it
>> to
>> do after the avid software is installed. A 15 min job. If the system is
>> standalone (ie not internet connected) then there is nothing else to be
>> done. It will just work for years on end with little maintenance. Not a
>> cheap machine to buy but similar to a similar spec'd Mac (maybe even less
>> than)
>
>> If it's to be on the internet then assuming the dealer hadn't bundled AV
>> software I'd buy that, $30, and install that. I may also install windows
>> bit
>> defender just to be safe. Then regularly run the windows update and your
>> good to go.
>
>> True if you buy budget, custom build, cheap machines you may end up doing
>> leg work to get everything running smooth. you may even get a combination
>> that never really works well. But only a lunatic would do that for a
>> serious
>> project and they would deserve all the issues they got.
>
>> The computer and software are like any other tool you buy to do a job.
>> Only
>> as good as the money you spend on them.
>
>> With Macs you can only really buy quality products (although there have
>> been
>> some dogs produced) where as PC's are supplied to a much broader market.
>> But
>> for NLE you'd stick near the top and you'd be trouble free.
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> Dead on Pat. There is some disagreement here, obviously, on the
> quality of Mac products - but everything I read, IT people I know and
> personal experience converge on the point that overall, the percentage
> of Mac issues is lower. Otherwise as I've said many times, we would
> simply do what so many systems-integrators do which is push PC's
> because you make more money doing that.
>
> Craig
>
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