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<blockquote data-quote="ZenithApricot" data-source="post: 57214"><p><strong>iPod and GarageBand</strong></p><p></p><p>I bought the very first IBM PC (5150) the day it came out. I have been a PC user since, well, day one. I have owend about a dozen PCs over time. I currently have four PCs (in various states of life).</p><p></p><p>The first Apple product I ever bought as an Apple Newton 2000. Today's Palm Pilots and Pocket PCs are finally better than it - took a long time to catch up.</p><p></p><p>I then bought an iPod. The interface and integration with iTunes made it so simple to use and download new music. I purchase more music today that I used to, for sure. I purchase different music that I used to as well. $0.99 to try something that I might like seems worth it. The music that is on my iPod today is quite different than my CD collection, mostly from trying new genres of music.</p><p></p><p>Then came iLife. My hobby is writing music. I always had the perception of Apple being better than a PC for hooking up MIDI stuff and the like. I never got into "hard drive recording" because it was too expensive and a bit complicated (I would have to have a dedicated machine and wouldn't be able to run it on the same machine I use for normal tasks).</p><p></p><p>I had always wanted to cut and paste pieces of music like a word processor. I enjoy the writing of music much more than the actual playing. I saw Garage Band and said I had to have it. I went to an Apple Store and bought a PowerBook 12" G4 for the sole purpose of writing music. Yes, I thought of it as a dedicated machine, and I also thought of it as more of a toy than a computer at the time.</p><p></p><p>I was then giving a presentation with my Toshiba laptop, which decided it no longer wanted to live. I started using a PC desktop more and my PowerBook on the road to give presentations. Things slowly evolved to me using my PowerBook as my sole computer which is what it is today.</p><p></p><p>I have since bought the Apple AirPort Express for iTunes and use it all the time (something also that I wanted to do with my PC but I saw PC implementations as unstable and expensive).</p><p></p><p>I like the basic applications that come with the box (although I wish Mail sorted lots of mail easier - like with grouping boxes), I have the latest version of Office, and the full Adobe Creative Suite. I use iChat with my iSight when I am on the road to communicate with love ones. Things you plug in to the machine work with little to no hassle and usually on the first try.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that still struggles is iSync. iSync just doesn't work. I'm an avid fan of .Mac (makes it easy for my assistant to see my Address Book and my Mail etc.) but iSync is awful. It hangs all the time and takes about 60 minutes to process everything.</p><p></p><p>So consider me 98% satisfied. I still somedays wish I had a PC for applications that just don't run on the Mac (i.e. things that integrate with Outlook only).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZenithApricot, post: 57214"] [b]iPod and GarageBand[/b] I bought the very first IBM PC (5150) the day it came out. I have been a PC user since, well, day one. I have owend about a dozen PCs over time. I currently have four PCs (in various states of life). The first Apple product I ever bought as an Apple Newton 2000. Today's Palm Pilots and Pocket PCs are finally better than it - took a long time to catch up. I then bought an iPod. The interface and integration with iTunes made it so simple to use and download new music. I purchase more music today that I used to, for sure. I purchase different music that I used to as well. $0.99 to try something that I might like seems worth it. The music that is on my iPod today is quite different than my CD collection, mostly from trying new genres of music. Then came iLife. My hobby is writing music. I always had the perception of Apple being better than a PC for hooking up MIDI stuff and the like. I never got into "hard drive recording" because it was too expensive and a bit complicated (I would have to have a dedicated machine and wouldn't be able to run it on the same machine I use for normal tasks). I had always wanted to cut and paste pieces of music like a word processor. I enjoy the writing of music much more than the actual playing. I saw Garage Band and said I had to have it. I went to an Apple Store and bought a PowerBook 12" G4 for the sole purpose of writing music. Yes, I thought of it as a dedicated machine, and I also thought of it as more of a toy than a computer at the time. I was then giving a presentation with my Toshiba laptop, which decided it no longer wanted to live. I started using a PC desktop more and my PowerBook on the road to give presentations. Things slowly evolved to me using my PowerBook as my sole computer which is what it is today. I have since bought the Apple AirPort Express for iTunes and use it all the time (something also that I wanted to do with my PC but I saw PC implementations as unstable and expensive). I like the basic applications that come with the box (although I wish Mail sorted lots of mail easier - like with grouping boxes), I have the latest version of Office, and the full Adobe Creative Suite. I use iChat with my iSight when I am on the road to communicate with love ones. Things you plug in to the machine work with little to no hassle and usually on the first try. The only thing that still struggles is iSync. iSync just doesn't work. I'm an avid fan of .Mac (makes it easy for my assistant to see my Address Book and my Mail etc.) but iSync is awful. It hangs all the time and takes about 60 minutes to process everything. So consider me 98% satisfied. I still somedays wish I had a PC for applications that just don't run on the Mac (i.e. things that integrate with Outlook only). [/QUOTE]
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