Re: What a Long, Strange Year It's Been!

Walter that was an excellent overview of the situation as it stands for many editors. What I never understood about the hardcore Apple supporters was the willingness to pay WAY more for less. I have Macs in my house as well, and I am also in love with the aesthetic feel they provide. That being said, the lack of hardware options and power of said hardware is mind boggling.

I have built PCs since I was 14 years old, so about 24 years in total. The only reason I went to a mac was the aesthetic properties and smoothness of the operating system, that is it period. The hardware is dated compared to what you can build PC wise. Windows 7, in my opinion has lived up to the hype that preceded it. It is a solid platform free from the lockups/blue screens that plagued its predecessor. It is a shame that it wasn't around when I went over to a Mac platform. I mean for crying out loud I can build a windows laptop that would have benchmarks above current Mac pros or pretty dam close to it. For simplicity's sake the most expensive Z800 vs Mac pro. Nuff said.

It seems the only thing tethering many professionals to the Mac all of these years was the fact FCP is a Mac only product, combined with "coolness" factor mentioned above. In my opinion if you were using Avid Media Composer or Adobe Suite on a Mac, you were doing yourself an immense disservice. I will agree, Mac software/hardware is legendary for its feel and quality, however Walter as you know 8,000 dollars on a PC system would have purchased an incredible amount of power that is just not available from a Mac platform. I won't even get into upgrades, because Mac/upgrade does not belong in the same sentence.

My 2 cents.
Buddy Couch
Enfocus Studios