Sytem optimisation

[jim_branning]

Hmm, well I tend to agree this debate has gone on long enough but CHEAP mac mini Jim?

The cheapest I could find on Amazon was a used i5 with a paltry 2G ram for £440 and you still have to buy keyboard, mouse and monitor! My HP i3, 4G, W7/64 does all I need it to and was well under 400quid brand spanking.

Dave.

well dont use amazon, thats rip off prices, expect to pay 350-ish for a dual core, try gumtree.

and ram is cheap and easy to fit in newer models, up to 8gb, and most people have keys/mouse/screen dont they really? an 8gb mac for 500 quid is ok i think.

[ecc83]

" and most people have keys/mouse/screen dont they really?" NO! Not if they are moving from a Windows laptop. I have mice and kbds galore but no spare monitors.

500 lager vouchers buys you a good Msoft lappy and nothing else to get.

Dave.

[ecc83]

Slight hijack but I need a quick answer please! (you can butt out of this one Jim, concerns those horrid Windoze machines)

Later today I need to connect two laptops to transfer files. One is XP the other Win 7 64.

Now I can find/make an rj45 crossover cable but I have read that some Win osses detect a standard ethernet lead and do the bizz automatically?

Any info on file swopping ( XP to W7) gratefully recieved. In the limit I could save things on sticks but the biggest I have handy is 8G and I guess pc-pc will be faster?

Dave.

[HeartfeltDawn]

i think discussing the relative merits of daw host reliability in a discussion about DAW Sytem optimisation is hardly 'derailing', except to some idiot..


noobs reading such a discussion perhaps should be given all the options dont you think?

The 'noob' in question, aka the original poster, says what gear he has. He's a PC owner. He runs Reaper. Yet your entry post in this thread starts going on about buying a Mac. Please explain to me how that's vaguely useful to the OP.

I'm quite aware of Windows 8 being lousy, hence me still running my fab 7 year old PC with XP as it's stable and does everything I want. The bottom line for me continually is whether I want to pay more for Apple products. The answer is continually no.

[cramp]

As a former Mac zealot, this may have all been true 10 years ago or more, Jim - but the OS you run has little bearing on it now.

[HeartfeltDawn]

As a former Mac zealot, this may have all been true 10 years ago or more, Jim - but the OS you run has little bearing on it now.

Hear, hear.

[jim_branning]

" and most people have keys/mouse/screen dont they really?" NO! Not if they are moving from a Windows laptop. I have mice and kbds galore but no spare monitors.

500 lager vouchers buys you a good Msoft lappy and nothing else to get.

Dave.

Good point. well i dunno though, a mouse is a fiver, keys is a fiver, screens are under 100, even new.

your 500 windows doesnt get a great sequencer with audio treacks, built in amp modelling, instruments, and flex audio though... AND osx reliability.

[jim_branning]

The 'noob' in question, aka the original poster, says what gear he has. He's a PC owner. He runs Reaper. Yet your entry post in this thread starts going on about buying a Mac. Please explain to me how that's vaguely useful to the OP.

I'm quite aware of Windows 8 being lousy, hence me still running my fab 7 year old PC with XP as it's stable and does everything I want. The bottom line for me continually is whether I want to pay more for Apple products. The answer is continually no.

it';s useful cos he's looking at what to buy. If i were a car salesman and someone asked for a mini i might say "what about a new kia? etc.

options see.

i too have reliable xp machines, not the point. it's dated now.

[jim_branning]

As a former Mac zealot, this may have all been true 10 years ago or more, Jim - but the OS you run has little bearing on it now.

explain please as i dont get what you mean? little bearing on "it"? what's "it"?

[cramp]

"it"? what's "it"?

The subject at hand that you raised : your opinion that Macs are better than Windows devices
Macs used to be less hassle and more reliable a good few years ago but now the difference is far smaller.