Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

nothing to do with fanboys
nothing to do with apple.
nothing to do with 'just kidding'
all to do with you being a cretin.

qwe

but surely my previous posts would have been leaning toward me not being serious?

I'm intrigued as to what FW devices you need to connect to a mac. I may have missed it in an earlier post.

*prays for 3rd gen ipod with a whopping 20GB of storage.

Are you actually starting an argument over the internets about the socioeconomical climate of this country/the world based on a computer IO port configuration? Do you feel that you should, as a human being be automatically entitled to transfer speed of up to 400Mb/second rather than 50Mb/sec rather than the quality of your local hospital. I can imagine that this is not what many people in this country who are struggling to make ends meet are worried about. If it is the major problem in your life then you should consider yourself very very lucky.

Get out the house more.

Time to get an education bro >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

qwe

I'm trolling, aren't you?

qwe

hang on. you're moaning you can't connect pro audio tools to a cheap consumer laptop?

edit: semi-pro. Or prosumer perhaps? Just like apples target audience

qwe

Digidesign 002

Exactly THIS!!!!!!!!

If someone phoned me up to buy a macbook air so they could run a Pro Tools session I'd think they were trolling.

Never mind the fact that Avid don't even make anything from the "00" range makes that even better? Are you going to phone them up and ask why they no longer make 002/003 and instead you have to buy an Euphonix controller?

Maybe you can moan at them for making you invest in their hardware, only to then go and make it open to all audio interfaces?

qwe

if you can afford a fixeh, macbook and an internet connection then that suggests not.

what is the macbook came from work
and the fixeh was 3rd hand?

**Do you know who developed FW?

yes. apple. why? perhaps they shouldn't so we kept using SCSI?

I love scsi. massive cables. I think it's a shame the new macbook air doesn't support scsi. Can someone please think of all the people stuck with iomega zip drives with scsi.

you could still use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCSI

that makes no sense.

what doesn't make sense?

what doesn't make sense?

The bit I quoted.

I sell a lot of Pro Tools systems to a lot of people. If someone wanted to run Pro Tools on a mac book air, I would strongly advise them not to do this, as I wouldn't feel comfortable about how it would perform.

Even a base spec mac book pro's a bit dodgy due to the slow drives they insist on putting in them to hit a price point.

is that what confused you, that people would ask me for a mac book air?

I sell a lot of Pro Tools systems to a lot of people. If someone wanted to run Pro Tools on a mac book air, I would strongly advise them not to do this, as I wouldn't feel comfortable about how it would perform.

Even a base spec mac book pro's a bit dodgy due to the slow drives they insist on putting in them to hit a price point.

is that what confused you, that people would ask me for a mac book air?

If I could manage location recording on a 3 year old mac book then why would a current model be a problem (other than FW)?

you're going to do that on a 64GB SSD, and a 1.6Ghz dual core, when for only an extra £150 you could get the slightly larger 128GB SSD or the base spec MBP with firewire?

I'd have a massive issue with the 11" screen. you wouldn't be able to see enough. Also, if i'm lugging around a 002, then adding a MBP to that pile is no such problem.

If you're at the point of saving money the air will only come with OSX Lion. you can not downgrade the OS. That means you have to upgrade to pro tools 9, if you're not on it already. Pro Tools 9 upgrade from LE is around £180 inc VAT (the difference between an air and MBP)

The unibody is more robust for travelling, and having the ability to upgrade RAM HDD etc. Having more than one USB port and an ethernet controller (as most control surfaces connect via ethernet) is also an absolute given.

I'm old school by the point that I like to have an optical drive, so that I can burn a DVD or CD for presentation or backup.

Those are my main reasons.

I'd also get anti-glare if you're out and about location recording.

I can't believe I'm avoiding work sitting on the internet, talking about work...

If I could manage location recording on a 3 year old mac book then why would a current model be a problem (other than FW)?

so you're upset that you can't use a macbook air for recording? are you also upset you can't use an apple tv?

The macbook air is for people that just needs a light laptop for travelling and don't mind sub spec as trade off.

It's sunny out man, go for an ice cream and chillax

so you're upset that you can't use a macbook air for recording? are you also upset you can't use an apple tv?

The macbook air is for people that just needs a light laptop for travelling and don't mind sub spec as trade off.

It's sunny out man, go for an ice cream and chillax

Your logic is ridiculous. Location recording would call for exactly what you have just stated. You don't need the power of an i3/i5/i7 mac book pro etc for that. You just don't.

So, all in all, you're happy with your 3 year old macbook that has FW. But it would be nice if you could buy a new one for roughly £750. Correct?

case closed?

I thought I gave some pretty solid reasoning, but my advice has been overlooked.