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eskay · 6th January 2004

NAMM sure as hell will be interesting. I for one, am not happy that Apple, is putting their hand in everything. They are killing the pro environment. Everybody should stop drinking the "Apple is such an amazing company" juice, right now. Digidesign, or Apple, what's the ****in' difference? They both want to sell hardware. Digi has DSP cards, Apple CPU's. If you look at Apple's incomes, software is at the bottom of the bracket. Software provides them with the least income. Hardware is where they make their bread. Final Cut, was created to sell more computers, so are all the other iLife apps, and I'm sure this new pro audio app, is intended for that. To sell more Apple computers. Hey, you want this new feature....just upgrade your computer to have this feature. This has always been Apples philosophy as well as Digi's. You want this new plugin...just upgrade to HD. I've been a Mac user for many years, and this year I'm definetely making the switch to a PC fulltime. I have a PT HD rig that I'm going to use until the the CPU melts. I"m not upgrading my CPU for Apples sake, or Digi's sake. I'm giving it a lifetime of 3 years, that I can milk it. Lately, I've been doing more sequencing and producing and decided to buy Nuendo, so I can use all these cool VST plugs. I have a Dual 800 G4, and Nuendo runs like a dog in it. Just rewiring a very big Reason session, uses about 60 percent of my CPU. That is my other point. When the hell are we going to see some "real ****ing implementation of Dual Processors in the operating system???????" Why did it take until Panther to make the OS feel like a real OS, in terms of quickness and efficiency. My Dual 533 only 2 years old, is completely obsolete!!!!! (Not to worry I only paid $3,000 for it.) I'm only 27 and I've spent my last 6 years working low income audio jobs, strugling to make a difference in the audio community, and always thinking I will make some money somehow. This is the first time that I've thought to myself, maybe I should get another job, because every asshole now with GarageBand will think they have no need for audio engineers and other audio services. So it really pisses me off, when people on this forum don't see the whole equation. My final point, is I don't like that a computer company has to dictate to the audio community what should be the standards. End rant!!!

6th January 2004	#14
eskay Gear addict Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 363	** apple!!! NAMM sure as hell will be interesting. I for one, am not happy that Apple, is putting their hand in everything. They are killing the pro environment. Everybody should stop drinking the "Apple is such an amazing company" juice, right now. Digidesign, or Apple, what's the in' difference? They both want to sell hardware. Digi has DSP cards, Apple CPU's. If you look at Apple's incomes, software is at the bottom of the bracket. Software provides them with the least income. Hardware is where they make their bread. Final Cut, was created to sell more computers, so are all the other iLife apps, and I'm sure this new pro audio app, is intended for that. To sell more Apple computers. Hey, you want this new feature....just upgrade your computer to have this feature. This has always been Apples philosophy as well as Digi's. You want this new plugin...just upgrade to HD. I've been a Mac user for many years, and this year I'm definetely making the switch to a PC fulltime. I have a PT HD rig that I'm going to use until the the CPU melts. I"m not upgrading my CPU for Apples sake, or Digi's sake. I'm giving it a lifetime of 3 years, that I can milk it. Lately, I've been doing more sequencing and producing and decided to buy Nuendo, so I can use all these cool VST plugs. I have a Dual 800 G4, and Nuendo runs like a dog in it. Just rewiring a very big Reason session, uses about 60 percent of my CPU. That is my other point. When the hell are we going to see some "real **ing implementation of Dual Processors in the operating system???????" Why did it take until Panther to make the OS feel like a real OS, in terms of quickness and efficiency. My Dual 533 only 2 years old, is completely obsolete!!!!! (Not to worry I only paid $3,000 for it.) I'm only 27 and I've spent my last 6 years working low income audio jobs, strugling to make a difference in the audio community, and always thinking I will make some money somehow. This is the first time that I've thought to myself, maybe I should get another job, because every asshole now with GarageBand will think they have no need for audio engineers and other audio services. So it really pisses me off, when people on this forum don't see the whole equation. My final point, is I don't like that a computer company has to dictate to the audio community what should be the standards. End rant!!!