[Uncle Joe]

Originally Posted by C Heat

Hardware, probably right. Software? well, erm, let's wait and see...

G'day,

Some modest comments on "State of Affairs" ...

For music, unlike a $500 software program, people are only paying a buck or two a song, and it's those dollars and pennies that have to add up to pay for not just the cost of that song, but the investment in the next song.

I really think it is amazing that people actually buy software

Mates ... It's hardware that makes a machine fast. It's software that makes a fast machine slow ... People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware. I guess that you get the software you pay for. In every sense. To the nth degree. That's the way the world works. Less is more these days ... No ?

FYI ... Basically the CPU is dead. Yes, that processor you see advertised everywhere from Intel. Its run out of steam. The fact is that it no longer makes anything run faster.

Always remember that ... In computing, hardware acceleration is the use of hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the general purpose CPU. It is what it is.

"Avid Audio" ... new hardware ? ... Possibly too risky for a company based mainly on 3rd party plug-ins and market shares that are obviously down. It's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.

Pro Audio ... It's tough out there for all of us.

All the best,

Uncle Joe


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