Suggestions Please, What hardware/software Options

[BobAdamson]

Hello musicmakers,

I have a few questions before I get into the meat of the subject. I am a long time Mac user (][e). My wife has a 17" Powerbook. My kids all have iMacs or Ibooks. The house is wireless. I purchased iLife to play around with GarageBand. Just as I was starting to get into it, my wife complains that she can no longer get on her Mac. See, I have my office at home and unfortunately, MY computer is a Dell. So, to keep the peace (and avoid buying another Mac for now), can anyone suggest something that might work well (I know that is redundant) on Windows?

I am a long time amatuer guitarist/keyboardist/singer/songwriter. My wife is a teacher. What I want is some kind of setup that allows me to record a few back up tracks to accompany live playing. It doesn't have to be elaborate, but I might want to do more than that, who knows? So, any suggestions?

[jklimeck]

Sorry for the long dissertation, but Music on Win / PC is as funny as Mac's in business, the same logic applies.

PC's don't belong in pro Music / Audio production they are a poor, lousy substitute.

Can you use them, of course, but why in god's name would you choose a PC over a Mac? especially at music.

before you answer...

I think I did a pretty good job at de-bunking, pretty much all of those reasons.

again peace,

jk