I might (might not!) get a new PC. Missus got one of those nice Lenovo ones where the screen basically is the PC but it's not powerful enough to do serious AV work.
I have considered Apple but have never used them before. Supposed to be great for AV but also... iTunes? Dedicated Apple hardware extras? Paying for the name?
I'd actually love to be able to do everything on a laptop as when not recording, I'd like to take that to a spare room where I can watch jamplay vids. Not essential, though.
Anyway who do you guys use for buying PCs for this purpose? I keep hearing PC specialist is good?
Keep I'll store the answers for when I pull the trigger - right now got other stuff to buy.
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I was thinking a dedicated PC would cost a lot less and do the same job?
I fear moving to apple would mean learning a whole OS again and force me to use iTunes etc (I love being able to drag, drop and play any file type in windows).
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Personally I don't see or buy the Mac hype. Yes, they are good and solid, but I don't think they are worth the money. I've got a lot of APple stuff. Its all good, does what it says it should. But you pay for the design and the brand. Music wise, I don't think they beat PCs anymore. Logic is and OK bit of software, but I would argue (as would lots of other people I know) that is has been left for dead by the latest versions of DAWs like Ableton, Sonar and Cubase, all of which run very well on a new PC.
You can get a cracking reliable fast PC for less £ than an equivalent Mac.
PC Specialist- their service is brilliant. If you can't figure out what you want, go for one of their dedicated systems. They do systems designed for audio, video, gaming, whatever. I bought one of their mid range Audio systems a while ago and its been v good.
If you really haven't a clue what you are doing, just ring them up and ask them to do you a system for what you want, and what you want to spend.
Their after sales is superb too.
This is only my experience, and I know that other companies are very good too. But, I would tend to go to someone like PC Spec, or Chilliblast averytimne rather than buy from a big brand like Dell, Lenovo, Acer etc. You get better value.
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