Mobile Laptops: Windows or Mac?

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:58 pm

Hello!

If one was to dedicate a laptop completely to (primarily) audio and (some) video editing, which is more condusive? Windows or Mac? I am going to be recording live music, running loops, creating beats, etc., and also editing a lot of pictures and some video.

Would a Mac be preferred for this? If so, why? If not, why not?

Thanks in advance for any input.

J

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:24 am

You can run Windows on a mac. If I was going to buy my self a laptop I would go for the mac and try both OSX and Windows and do some testing on preformance.

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:59 am

Both Platforms are great so either is a good choice. What's more important is what software do you want to run or are you currently running? Some software only runs on a certain platform so choose your software first and the platform choice may be made for you.

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:47 am

MAC! Hands Down! But then again, my vote is biased. Very Happy

In reality I would have to go with Big_D's answer though.

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:36 pm

For video I would go Mac, Apple has a current offer buy a new Mac get a discount of Final Cut Express HD.

You can keep and use your windows software, Apple has the Boot Camp technology that allows you to dual boot OSX/ XP/ Linux.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

You can now run windows XP in an OSX window, safely behind OSXs UNIX firewall, with virualization software from Parallels.
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/

So with the Mac hardware you have more software choices that will run natively, and OSX is UNIX so if you are adventurous a recompile will allow you to run UNIX apps also.

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