Chris Harlan
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Again, so? Don’t go this route. Bleeding knuckles are not for you. Some people like ’em. I really do not get what you are on about. This is clearly not a world that you want to be a part of, and there is no reason that you should. This is hobbyist stuff. Years ago, I always went for the bleeding knuckles stuff. I don’t anymore. I paid my dues. I tend to hang back and ride a wave or two behind. I now tend to let others find the trash, and profit from the intrepid gung-ho-edness of guys like the one whose post you shared. If you are actually thinking about DIYing something, perhaps you should do the same.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “I am just pointing out that “just change it” isn’t that easy.
“I think its a matter of generational perspective. When I was first getting into computers, they didn’t come with sound cards; you bought them after-market and installed them yourself. There was no USB; you had to physically install almost any device and assign them IRQ spots, which you had to continually manage. I used to keep a chart of IRQ usage on the side of my computer. There was no plug-and-play. You want to add a scanner or a MODEM? Pop the hood. Find a slot, and when that slot doesn’t work, spend your day reordering the existing cards, and try to find the right balance of IRQs and AMAs. The things that you keep linking to don’t seem at all intimidating compared to what it used to be like.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Everyone, so far, that we’ve talked to and mentioned here that is building a PC is building an iMac tower. The newegg comment was a Xeon based motherboard, that one not withstanding.
And all of a sudden, it’s pro enough.
“I don’t get the tear you’re off on. I must have missed the post that set you off. For the record, I love my i7 Macbook Pro; I probably do most of my work on it right now. And, I WOULD consider an iMac, but I’m unhappy they aren’t made with matte finish anymore, and that is probably enough to keep me from buying one. I’ve been debating an external monitor for the laptop, and I like that the Apple monitor supports TBolt, but I’m probably going to go with Dell because I really hate glossy.
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Dude, what is going on? There’s no one answer. Some people like DIY, some people hate it. Added stability? I haven’t looked back at the post, but that’s probably because he’s over-clocking, and he needs something that can take the extra heat.
Listen, don’t go there. If you’re not intrigued by it or interested in it, DIY is not for you. Most people buy their cars fully configured, and add nothing more than their iPod; some people like to rework the engine. Its the same thing. Some people pay an integrator to put together an NLE all the way down to the monitor speakers; some people build their own component by component. And some people build their own card by card. Its just levels of expertise and interest. I don’t understand why you are stressing over it.
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[Jari Innanen] “[Shane Ross] “Also still not using it. Not seeing much of anything of FCX here in LA. One shop I know using it uses it for their YouTube channel. Even LEVERAGE has switched away from it.
yes…yes they have.
”This must be old news then: https://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2013/January-1-2013/...
“Old news indeed. The show has been canceled and the last episode aired a couple of weeks ago. The article has no author and reads like a Marquis press release, which I assume it actually is.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “That was a quote from a comment on a computer part store.
He’s a guy, running a VFX business, and building a machine.
My point is, you can’t just pick what you want, it’s not as easy as “just change it”.
“I think you misunderstand. That was a guy building a super hot rod and looking at his options. Everything he was testing was for speed vs. cost, not whether something functions or not. Basically, he was trying to decide if an over-clocked i7 was competitive for his needs or whether he needed to shell out for dual Zeons. He was sharing his findings like we do here. It may seem foreign or over-complicated to you, but it really isn’t any different for him than it is for us arguing about what camera or NLE is best. You don’t HAVE to be that in to it to roll your own, but it can be a whole lot of fun if you are. One of the things I really miss living on planet Mac are all of the options.
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Good read! Right on.
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[Bret Williams] “Garage Band for example, is a blast on the iPad as you can actually play instruments and interact, and on the computer you need a midi keyboard or a real guitar.
I can see motion graphics and editing benefitting in similar ways
“Actually you don’t need a midi keyboard, and I tend to prefer using a virtual computer keyboard when I have to, as opposed to the iPad screen, though a virtual keyboard probably takes a little more practice. For those of us who Do have a keyboard, I don’t really think there is much of a comparison.
Musical things I Do use the iPad for: Omnisphere has a sweet little iPad utility that acts as a powerful but oddball controller. AC-7 is a fun little virtual control surface/mixer that works well with FCP 6/7 and Logic. I like the controls on Touch OSC, and when I have some free time, I’m going to see if I can’t get them working with Media Composer and Audition. I’m also very interested in trying out V-Control Pro with Media Composer when I get the chance. Also, if I were into Ableton, I think it would be a bitchin’ trigger device.
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[Bernard Newnham] “Jason, further up, says-
“I’ve lost days before when using PC based systems – even with full tech support, I’ve had whole mornings where clever people have been ‘under the hood’ (this on HP 800 workstations so not cheap stuff) ”One does have to wonder what year that was – sometime in the nineties? And what software he was using. I remember all that stuff too, but I was a lot younger then.”
Yes, I’ve never had that kind of an experience with a PC. I used to have that kind of fun with a Matrox Digisuite / Dual Pentium setup, but never ever considered it to be an issue with the PC. NT 4.5–Windows XP was a marvelous, generally rock solid experience for me on PCs. I did have Vista, which had all the incompatible driver fun, but not on a work PC. I guess I could see having the issues Jason is referring to when upgrading from XP to Vista. I hear, though, that Windows 7 was rock solid again.
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First off–we’re arguing at cross purposes, and this is not where the discussion was going. We were simply talking about the myth–which I agree is a myth–that PCs are way cheeper than Macs. So, why we’re here-I’m not sure.
Now, as to tablets–I don’t think we disagree particularly, but since we seem to be on the subject, let me tell you what I think about them:
Yes, they are on the rise, but in their current form I do not believe the will replace laptops. I Do believe that laptops will eventually replace most home computers. In their current form I think tablets are over-hyped. They are new and exciting, and yes, for some people they are their only computer (and for some people, their phone is their only computer), but MOST tablet owners also own some other form of computer.
Having used tablets for some time now, I do not find that they–in their current form–adequately replace a laptop for personal use. Interestingly, my 14 year old daughter does not either, nor do any of her friends. They love their iPads for casual browsing and media consumption, and a couple of them enjoy some of the finger-driven artistic tools, but given the choice–one or the other–all of them would take the 13″ Macbook Pro that their school distributes over their personal iPads. Interestingly, none of them give two figs about the Retina display either. I find among my many friends who have been dual users for some time pretty much exactly the same sentiment. Yes, there is a whole segment of the population that will never get past browsing and media consumption, and yes, there are people who use their tablets professionally (I have several apps, from control surfaces to dictation-takers, that I use regularly), but among the population I have been watching for the last several years, the tablet remains an add-on.
But what’s a tablet? What’s a laptop? They are so close, now, in terms of functionality that it seems foolish to draw major distinctions between them. There are some actions that work better with a touch screen, and some actions that work better with a keyboard and trackpad. Some things are better with a more powerful CPU and some things are better with a much longer battery life. It really comes down to no more than that at this point. And that is the gap that everyone is trying to bridge. But really its a very tiny gab.