Reaktor Reason, and the Mac....

[greggybud]

With your listed programs, and the fact that you like it the way it is, why change?

Maybe you should ask your friends the specific reasons why they think you should change and then look at the endless Mac vs PC threads here.

I have been using Reaktor on a PC since 1999. Guess what..I can still use some very old audio software today on Windows 7.

You can't do that with a Mac using their current OS.

[phas3d]

Originally Posted by wallyburger

it also doesn't have a CD drive.

Thank's

All MBP models have SuperDrive (DVD drive) apart from the retina model. MacBook Air doesn't have SuperDrive either. From what you write it seems like you don't want a Mac. So the choice is already made

[apoclypse]

If you really want a Mac you can always just install Windows via Bootcamp and since most of the software you have has cross platform licensing you can install the applications in both and see what works best for you.

[wallyburger]

Originally Posted by phas3d

All MBP models have SuperDrive (DVD drive) apart from the retina model. MacBook Air doesn't have SuperDrive either. From what you write it seems like you don't want a Mac. So the choice is already made

Exactly the opposite, I would love a Mac, I like the way they look, the graphics are second to none. But what I will probably do is get a Mac and for the time being just use it for the internet, and office duties, and then gradually load in some music software and see how it goes, in the meantime I'll get a PC laptop and use that as normal, for my music. A friend has an I Mac, and i was messing around with Garage Band, it was fun, I thought I could get into this ! Maybe it's time for a change, that's the situation we are in with computers and electronics, new instruments and ways of working are being invented "all" the time, you are always on the look-out for potentially interesting new things, it's all part of being involved in electronic music.

WB.

[phas3d]

You can install windows on a Mac. Instead of buying a Mac and another windows machine why don't you use all that money and buy a higher spec Mac. You can still use your music apps on the windows partition and do whatever you want with the Mac OS. But as it was pointed above all those apps are cross platform. You can just install them into Mac OS and get started straight away.

[Leechlife]

are you looking for a reason to get a mac or for conformation that no change makes any sense ?

If you are happy to stay where you are - get a new pc and done with it. Everything else is waste for you.

I can give tons of reason why "I" would choose a mac every time, but thats waste of time too. If you're happy then stick with what you got. If you are curious about "the other side", again stop thinking and stick with what you got - you never gonna be happier. (once you try the "other side" you always going to miss the good parts from the opposite side )
Only if you have some serious issue with what you got even consider switching.

This counts for both directions in general.

cheers

[wallyburger]

Originally Posted by Leechlife

are you looking for a reason to get a mac or for conformation that no change makes any sense ?

If you are happy to stay where you are - get a new pc and done with it. Everything else is waste for you.

I can give tons of reason why "I" would choose a mac every time, but thats waste of time too. If you're happy then stick with what you got. If you are curious about "the other side", again stop thinking and stick with what you got - you never gonna be happier. (once you try the "other side" you always going to miss the good parts from the opposite side )
Only if you have some serious issue with what you got even consider switching.

This counts for both directions in general.

cheers

Makes very good sense, I'm going to stick with the PC, I'm going to get a laptop for portability, and a new desktop as my main machine, my existing one I can use as a back-up. I get really "edgy" only having one music machine. But I am going to get an i-book as my internet computer is getting really old and flaky, and I like the fact that Mac's aren't so prone to viruses. I can then experiment with the Mac and see if it can benefit me musically, I quite fancy ruining pro-tools at some point, as there are some great plug-ins for it.

Have a good weekend ....

WB.

[phas3d]

iBook!!! Don't you mean Macbook Pro? Again you can install windows on a Mac computer. With bootcamp it is installed on a partition you create during the install stage. No need for 2 computers really.