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Hey everyone. I'm a new user and I've been browsing these forums just checking out all of the info - and as I've seen a lot of you post, there is a massive amount of said info.
I decided to register because I go to the University of Wisconsin - Stout. Stout gives laptops to its students - basically Macs for art students and PCs for everyone else. Currently I'm a business major so I have a Windows 7 PC but I'm meeting with an advisor tomorrow to switch my major to Graphics Communication. This would mean Macbook Pro
Anyway, I do love Windows 7, especially over the travesties of Vista (horrible functionality, heavy, and slow) and the crayon-drawn tragedy that was Windows XP. But the aesthetics of Macs are so sleek and perfect; animations are so smooth. Windows just can't match that. I have no doubts that I'll love the MBP, I just have a couple questions.
1. Most importantly, I'm a music producer. I use FL Studio to make my beats and a whole lot of VST plugins. I know that FL Studio would have to be run in Parallels or Boot Camp'd Win7. Which option would be better here? Speed, functionality, etc.
2. I've read a little about how great Time Machine is at back ups. I guess I'm just looking for how selective it is? On my PC laptop I've just done it manually by copying whatever I wanted backed up onto an external hard drive. How simple could this be with a Mac?
I decided to register because I go to the University of Wisconsin - Stout. Stout gives laptops to its students - basically Macs for art students and PCs for everyone else. Currently I'm a business major so I have a Windows 7 PC but I'm meeting with an advisor tomorrow to switch my major to Graphics Communication. This would mean Macbook Pro
Anyway, I do love Windows 7, especially over the travesties of Vista (horrible functionality, heavy, and slow) and the crayon-drawn tragedy that was Windows XP. But the aesthetics of Macs are so sleek and perfect; animations are so smooth. Windows just can't match that. I have no doubts that I'll love the MBP, I just have a couple questions.
1. Most importantly, I'm a music producer. I use FL Studio to make my beats and a whole lot of VST plugins. I know that FL Studio would have to be run in Parallels or Boot Camp'd Win7. Which option would be better here? Speed, functionality, etc.
2. I've read a little about how great Time Machine is at back ups. I guess I'm just looking for how selective it is? On my PC laptop I've just done it manually by copying whatever I wanted backed up onto an external hard drive. How simple could this be with a Mac?