Music Producing: Mac Or Pc? Logic Or Cubase?, dilemma between bying a mac or pc Options

[suite156]

hi,

I bougt my first mac (Ibook G4) 2 weeks ago. I really love the OS. Now I am thinking about bying a desktop computer (powermac) for proffesional purpose. I'm a musician and I'd like to make pre-productions on a computer. I have been working with cubase sx on a pc so far, but my pc is no longer powerfull to serve my purposes.
If I would switch to mac, I would have to use logic (as cubase isn't really working well on mac) and buy all the software I already have on my pc. I went to the music shop who has 15 years experience in studio en audio software. He deals bought mac & pc. His answer was clear: if you buy a powermac, you pay double the price than for a pc, which will do the same job perfectly. the only difference is the OS. AND, you pay 3000 Euro, for a machine who has only 512Mb!
I respect his opinion, but I keep looking for different opinions. I want to do a serious invesment and I wonder If I should buy a mac or pc.
I use it for recording audio (not more than 8 tracks) and combinen it with midi

Can anyone help me out?
thx

fanatics & radicals, please spare me your comment. only inteliggent computer users.
fanaticism leads to aggresion.
Respecting each other choices is the better way, that's my opinion.

[drewott]

Ah, the age old (since the 80's) debate.

A quick analogy: Beta lost the VHS vs. Beta battle not because it was a worse product (Beta techonology is actually better than VHS in quality), it lost because it was more expensive. People were willing to sacrifice the quality for the convenience of price. Mac suffered a similar fate. It has a better quality OS (less bugs and easier to use) and is built to be used professionally, however, these features do come at a premium. Beta and Mac lost their market share because for most cases a VHS or a PC will do the job that one needs it to and is flat out cheaper. Unlike Beta, Mac was able to find a niche market and is still thriving

My advise to you is this: If you will be comfortable using a PC and think that you can be just as proficient then by all means get yourself a PC and enjoy. Most of person's computing tasks can be handled just as well on PC or Mac. However, if you want to pay the premium you will get a machine that has a better OS, is not as susceptible to internet viruses, and has better performance, then get a Mac.

You say you want to make a serious investment. Then seriously think about what you want to do and whether or not you want to pay the premium. Good luck!

[LaMort]

A quick analogy: Beta lost the VHS vs. Beta battle not because it was a worse product (Beta techonology is actually better than VHS in quality), it lost because it was more expensive.

That analogy is good for another reason, i don't think BETA lost because even to this day BETA is still used more than VHS by the professional video people. If you wanted into most TV stations a few years ago u would have seen many BETA1 decks and camera's and i still bet BETA is still being used by more professional today. Just like the pros use Macs.