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Originally posted by Cliphead View Post3x is not an exaggeration for the spec.
I don't really like Macs and argue they are more expensive. But by 10s of percent, at most. Comparing with another solid high-quality PC it's not a big difference. Whenever I see people try to spec up a like-for-like Windows PC to a Mac, like comparing MB Pro against XPS, it doesn't normally prove the point they try to make unless they use some budget brand which ends up with a laptop weighing 7Kg.
edit: The only one I can see you having close to a case is the Mac Pro desktop. I might go down to 1/2 on those, though I don't know the detailed spec.Last edited by d000hg; 26 November 2010, 21:21.
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post3X is an exaggeration (depending what you could as spec), and if you don't buy based on style you're not Mac target audience anyway.
Is it legal to build a Hackintosh, or have you essentially 'pirated' the OS even though you paid for it?
Also, doesn't music software make the price of a Mac look fairly unimportant, or is that no longer the case?
I couldn't give a FF whether it's legal or not and I do have a legit OSX license although I doubt that counts.
Pro Tools which is kinda popular on a mac is an expensive but buggy piece of crap if that helps. All the other legit software works equally well on both OSX and Win (and some on Linux).
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3X is an exaggeration (depending what you could as spec), and if you don't buy based on style you're not Mac target audience anyway.
Is it legal to build a Hackintosh, or have you essentially 'pirated' the OS even though you paid for it?
Also, doesn't music software make the price of a Mac look fairly unimportant, or is that no longer the case?
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I put OSX on a spare PC and running all the Mac versions of the music software I have. No big deal as far as I can see except I didn't pay three times the price for the hardware no matter how good it looks.
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Didn't know you could do that without a lot of messing about. Seems hardly worth it, though I don't have a problem with the sentiment. Maybe you could have a planB that specialises in selling Windows Macs... there are few Windows machines comparable to the new MacBook Air for instance...
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostThe chap sitting opposite me has a MacBook Pro and it's emitting Windows style sounds.
He has just proudly informed me that he isn't running Windows via dual boot or in a virtual machine, but he has actually scrubbed all traces of OS X off the machine and it runs only Windows.
Aaaargh!
What a waste...
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Aaargh - Sacrilege!
The chap sitting opposite me has a MacBook Pro and it's emitting Windows style sounds.
He has just proudly informed me that he isn't running Windows via dual boot or in a virtual machine, but he has actually scrubbed all traces of OS X off the machine and it runs only Windows.
Aaaargh!
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