Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
You need a clearer idea of what you are going to do, especially w.r.t. laptop vs desktop. Both Macs and PCs will do your office and music stuff.
Laptops are more convenient, less powerful and more expensive for what you get. Are you going to move house regularly? Do you need to do work on the move? Do you want to surf the internet while sitting on the sofa / loo / chair in the kitchen? The flexibility of laptops is extremely attractive but you have to set the extra cost.
Do you know what music programme you want to use? Not all are dual platform. Most have just been refreshed - Logic in particular is now very attractive.
In terms of ease of use and overall experience the Mac is probably "better" and Macs aren't as bad as PCs when it comes to slowing down and glitching after a few years of work. But at the same time, MacOS can be extremely irritating for some people especially if they're used to Windows. How wedded are you to windows? Have you tried to use a Mac?
I don't think Mac laptops' lifespans are poor and most PC magazines rate Macs' physical design and robustness highly - even if Mac laptops aren't always as fast in absolute terms as the fastest PC laptops.
The mini is very good, though you need a monitor and keyboard as well, which increases the price. A new iMac might be better value, just make sure you get the internal hard disk you want - that can't be upgraded. (You can easily upgrade memory yourself, cheaply. Get at least 2Gb.)
The new MacBooks are slightly faster, yes out in a couple of weeks, MacBook Pros possibly out in January?
I have both PCs and Macs and both desktops and laptops and I like both platforms.
Laptops are more convenient, less powerful and more expensive for what you get. Are you going to move house regularly? Do you need to do work on the move? Do you want to surf the internet while sitting on the sofa / loo / chair in the kitchen? The flexibility of laptops is extremely attractive but you have to set the extra cost.
Do you know what music programme you want to use? Not all are dual platform. Most have just been refreshed - Logic in particular is now very attractive.
In terms of ease of use and overall experience the Mac is probably "better" and Macs aren't as bad as PCs when it comes to slowing down and glitching after a few years of work. But at the same time, MacOS can be extremely irritating for some people especially if they're used to Windows. How wedded are you to windows? Have you tried to use a Mac?
I don't think Mac laptops' lifespans are poor and most PC magazines rate Macs' physical design and robustness highly - even if Mac laptops aren't always as fast in absolute terms as the fastest PC laptops.
The mini is very good, though you need a monitor and keyboard as well, which increases the price. A new iMac might be better value, just make sure you get the internal hard disk you want - that can't be upgraded. (You can easily upgrade memory yourself, cheaply. Get at least 2Gb.)
The new MacBooks are slightly faster, yes out in a couple of weeks, MacBook Pros possibly out in January?
I have both PCs and Macs and both desktops and laptops and I like both platforms.
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