G5 With Ibm Chips Options

[petra]

Hi,

I'm getting ready to buy a new computer for my future studio. After emailing, posting messages in forums, long considerations etc. it looks like I will go in the direction of a PC.

Why? I talked to an employee of Apple, and he told me that if I buy a G4 today, I should be ready to sell it when new processors come out at the end of 2003.

I wanted to ask Mac users, what do you think about this new, what I think they call "G5" and what is it going to mean for you? Will your current software and recording hardware work with the G5?

Also, how is Cubase SX with OSX?

Please elnighten me, I might still change my mind and go Mac if it makes sense.

Petra

[rickenbacker]

Two points in quick reply, Petra:

1. Cubase SX on OS X is great. I love it and haven't touched Logic 5.5 since I got SX. Very easy to use but still very powerful. Hooked together with Reason, it's a fantastic set-up.

2. As soon as you walk out the shop door with any computer, your new purchase is already out of date. PC or Mac, it's always the same. There's ALWAYS something better coming soon. True, if you wait until the end of the year, everything might be different. But then salepeople will probably be talking about what's coming in the next six months and how cool THAT's going to be. Like LPM says, whatever you want, get it now.

And it's certainly true that Mac users have less problems with hardware, drivers, bugs etc than PC users. For instance, in a recent manual for a USB audio interface I was testing, the PC installation section was over 30 pages long; the Mac's section was 3 pages long.