Getting Crazy, Help me decide Options

[sampoo]

Ok guys,

Be prepared for a long story

Lately i posted a lot of questions on several forums and i still don't know what to do.
Let me explain,
The PC in my studio needs replacement and at first i was considering buying a mac g4.
The main reason why i thought about switching from pc to the mac was that i had/have a lot of problems, my current pc is very instable and i'm tired of reinstalling the system to find out it fails again. I made up my mind and decided to buy a mac but when i checked if al needed software was available i found out that Aksys (for the Akai samplers) and the software for my Mackie UAD-1 isn't written for OSX. Since i would like to use Logic Platinum and Spark XL 2.8 i realy need to run OSX and no earlyer version like OS 9.x. ...... Bomber! After a bit of research i found out that updates will be available soon and i can use everything i want on the mac.

I posted many questions on this and several other forums about MAC vs. PC. (yes, i started a real MAC vs. PC war) I had many reply's of people who say that PC is better, ..MAC is better or both are fine. When i cal some local music shops most of them advise me a PC because they perform better they say, ... and they also say that when running Windows XP al problems are solved and it will run stable. Since i have an older PC running Win98 in my studio i don't know if they are right about this. I'm a sysadmin myself and i do know that i have a lot of work taking care of problems on W2k/XP running Microsoft applications ( i actualy think xp is not so great in a office/work enviromant). I realy don't know if this is any diffrent in a music enviroment so i only can take there word for it.

At the end of the story, ....... i still don't know what to do!
Should i choose a mac or pc? will xp run stable on a new PC or do i have the same problems after i spend a lot of money on new hardware? wil OSX run smooth? will OSX be supported in the future bij audio hardware and software manufactures? As far as i can see now everybody is taking a long time to write new software/drivers for OSX! Will OSX opens a new world and will mac become more populair for the music bussines? If i choose to buy a mac will the G4 be good or will it be better with the new CPU's apple is working on?

As you can see i have many questions witch makes it very difficult to choose between platforms.
If i new for shure that WinXP would never chrash i would choose PC but i just don't have that much faith in it. However other people do and thau confuse me.

Any advise to help me make up my mind is welcome

Thanks in advance

Alex

[sampoo]

Thanks for the reply’s guys.
I’m aware of fact that every system can crash ones in a while but the pc I use at the moment crashes every studio session witch is unacceptable.
Most people say that a PC with well-selected hardware running winxp will be stable as a rock but than again, …. I use winxp on several systems and all give problemsso I’m not realy convinced I will work on a masic system. ( At the other site many people use a PC for music and they don’t seem to have many problems )

Maybe somebody have a similar configuration as I have if I choose the mac.
If so, please let me know if you’re experience any problems.

Mac G4 with 1GB RAM running OSX10.2.6
Logic Platinum 6.x, Recycle 2.0 and Spark XL 2,8
My audiocard is a RME Multiface8 and I also have a Mackie UAD-1

(I know drivers/software for the uad-1 is not yet available)

Thanks in advance
Alex