| Oh well, I tried....I'm not sure why folks think NT is so unstable. I work
with it everyday, and I don't have any problems with stability. I still
think I have a case for incremental upgrading of the system as being more
cost effective than any other platform choice. This is the main reason
more businesses use PC's than any other platforms combined. Like it or
not, that's just the way it is. If you want a whole wealth of software and
hardware for audio or anything else, the PC is a great alternative. Unless
you like living in 3rd party software land...then pick linux.
I do have one question/observation about Rhapsody...I worked on a NeXT cube
for a couple of years and liked it, but...no one but universities bought
the thing so why do you Macheads think that Rhapsody will be the saving
grace for the Mac platform? I thought the Mac OS was surperior, why don't
they just leave it alone?..hmmm..?
I'm done with this thread...I promise....sorry for the diversion. Somebody
has to stick up for the PC around here...:}
Dustin Barlow
-----Original Message-----
From: Micheal Allen Thompson [SMTP:mat0001@jove.acs.unt.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 10:44 AM
To: Piche Jean
Cc: sdbeck@lsu.edu; csound@noether.ex.ac.uk
Subject: Re: csound realtime
As a Mac fan and former Mac user< I have to agree with Jean Piche here.
I got me O2 for less that I paid for my Mac with the DAT card in it. Now
Mac hardware was cheaper but then I had to buy ProTools III, Max etc...
then, at the time, an 8 channel setup on the Mac was way more expensive.
Plus, the OS... I love the MacOS for somethings but the flexiblity of unix
and the fact that its so stable, has made me come to love my O2 even
more.
Cant wait for Rhapsody on Mac Hardware though!!!!
Michael
On Wed, 8 Apr 1998,
Piche Jean wrote:
>
> Stephen writes:
>
> > Regarding G3s, there are a whole host of new PCI audio cards either on
the
> > market or shortly on the market that support 4, 8, 12 channel
simultaneous
> > analog/digital i/o. It seems to me that this might be a more cost
> > effective solution than SGIs. You can get an entry level G3 (which is
by
> > itself faster than any Pentium II we could possibly afford) for under
> > US$1700, add $500-$1k for the card and accessories, and your still 50%
less
> > than for what you can get an entry level 02 (about $5500).
>
> I dont really want to get into this potentially endless cost/performance
> analysis but do keep in mind that that Stephen's figures are hmmm alittle
> optimistic.. Once you have factored in the monitor (a good 17" monitor
> ~500-600$), all this beautiful software (that comes free on the sgi) for
> another $1000... it certainly not a 50% difference and you are stuck
> (personal bias, here) with the MacOS. At this point however, a G3
probably
> outperforms an r5k O2 but the r5k is on its way out, the r10k will soon
be
> the entry level chip on SGIs. Its a question of taste of course but I am
> willing to pay much $ for the convenience of a good solid unix OS.
>
> When all is said and done, most modern machines perform in the same
league
> for roughly the same cost. The *high* cost of SGIs was true about 5-10
years
> ago. In fact it is now only marginally higher (for the educational
market,
> it's even lower). Also keep in mind that even a loaded top-notch Pentium
gets
> into highish numbers.
>
> IMO, The operating system, software base and peripheral services are the
main
> differenciating factors.
>
>
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> Jean
Piche
> Musique -
UdM
>
pichej@ERE.Umontre
al.ca
>
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