https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:11:46 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/4/#post-88177 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 23:04:55 +0000
]]> Guitar Players Discussion sirN https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/4/#post-88177 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/4/#post-88157 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:24:44 +0000 The number of people, who have access to that spec. is huge - any weaknesses are going to be found in a fairly short space of time. Reports will be written, meetings will be held and a new spec. agreed.

Microsoft, on the other hand, tries to keep everything secret, right down to the file format of Office documents (which is downright ludicrous). Any potential security leaks are, first and foremost, going to be found by hackers, closely followed by security organisations, followed by Microsoft denying that any such thing exists, followed several months later by a "security update" for something that never existed.

The point about the number of useless processes, that Windows has running is very good. Any calculation-intensive operation is going to be heavily affected by extraneous "services" taking a load of processing power, just to prove to themselves that they are still running.

Yes, of course, a Windows system will do the job. I just know that if I was doing audio or graphics processing professionally, I would not even consider anything that ran a Microsoft product.

I'm not a second hand car salesman - I'm a computer professional with 35 years experience in IT. I'm currently working on a project to protect the software loaded into a future generation of luxury car (2-3 years to market). I'm probably far more critical of IT products than the average user - it doesn't mean that I see things that aren't there, I just moan about wha tis there - loudly.]]> Guitar Players Discussion greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/4/#post-88157 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/4/#post-88154 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:02:57 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion StormyMonday https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/4/#post-88154 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88143 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:02:53 +0000 "but?"
Not a lot of people care to do so because they could theoretically only affect a very small part of all users and the spreading would extinguish itself.
"so?"
it's pointless because the purpose of a virus/worm/elephant (whatever you call it) is to feed money to anti-virus companies thus an agent only affecting 1% of all users is irrelevant...

that's why it's "safe" with other systems than standard microsoft.
No program in the world is bug free... :D]]> Guitar Players Discussion m07zm4n https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88143 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88135 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:15:38 +0000
If you are recording on a Windows PC, this is even more important because virus/spyware scanners eat up significantly more CPU cycles and memory. You don't want to be running those programs while you're recording, but if you have a Windows PC on the internet they are a necessity.

It is certainly possible to record on a networked Windows PC with virus scanners and whatnot running in the background, but it will affect performance. How much it affects performance will correlate to how complex your tracking/mixing sessions are.]]> Guitar Players Discussion wishus https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88135 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88128 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:37:15 +0000
Besides, you're not going to stop the world by infecting the MACs. I strongly suspect your last point is the key. Macs are more "immune" because of the smaller market share (less of a hacker coup) and even the image/aura. I don't know a lot about the specifics of the Mac OS, but nothing is impenetrable. I am sure a(n) (im)properly motivated and talented virus designer could do a Mac.]]> Guitar Players Discussion gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88128 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88101 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:40:48 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion martin-6 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88101 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88097 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 11:18:42 +0000
Besides, you're not going to stop the world by infecting the MACs.]]> Guitar Players Discussion greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88097 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88084 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 06:45:34 +0000
Except if it's a Mac (I've heard).]]> Guitar Players Discussion DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88084 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88078 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 06:20:11 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Mike https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/why-is-the-mac-better-than-the-pc/paged/3/#post-88078