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Just curious what most fans may be into these days in terms of this vastly widening field of technology. Personally, I still prefer the freedom of Windows, despite its flaws. However, I'm not against Macintosh/Linux computers, per se, as I have owned both. I think iTunes and applications like it seem to run more smoothly on the Apple side of things, naturally, but I still love the open aspects and software support of Windows. How about the rest of you? Any particular preference and reason(s) why?
*Just as a note, I'm quite aware of the duality that occurs with topics like these, so I'm only asking that replies remain civil. Remember, there's no right or wrong answer here.
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There should be no difference really between the two as Itunes runs on both operating systems as do many other ripping and cataloguing software. I'm on an iMac but I also have a laptop with Windows and I've used both to import music.
Indeed, no significant difference with iTunes in the grand scheme of things. As an aside though, I went ahead and changed the title to reflect more about the machines and preferences themselves - iTunes and similar applications amid the potential points we can cover. 
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In continuance of your point, Francis, I have used iTunes on both machines as well and just feel iTunes runs a bit more smoothly on the Mac side of things. However, in terms of catalog options and tagging software, I think Windows may have more bases covered there, but don't quote me on that!
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I actually use Android a lot. :-)
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Jan 26, 2015 - 8:00 AM
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rompolompo
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Just curious what most fans may be into these days in terms of this vastly widening field of technology. Personally, I still prefer the freedom of Windows, despite its flaws. However, I'm not against Macintosh/Linux computers, per se, as I have owned both. I think iTunes and applications like it seem to run more smoothly on the Apple side of things, naturally, but I still love the open aspects and software support of Windows. How about the rest of you? Any particular preference and reason(s) why?
*Just as a note, I'm quite aware of the duality that occurs with topics like these, so I'm only asking that replies remain civil. Remember, there's no right or wrong answer here.
What freedom exactly?
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I use both. For my HTPC, I use Windows and Jriver 20 (the best A/V program on the market). For pure 2 channel listening I use a Mac Book connected to my stereo setup that streams music stored on my HTPC; the program I use for the Mac is Audirvana.
I don't go near the garbage that is ITUNES.
I have just recently heard about Jriver 20. It seems to have a great reputation. I'll need to finally give it a try myself soon.
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First seven or so years I was on a PC, last seven or so on a iMac. itunes is without question the best software for managing your digital collection. Though the software upgrades and changes made over the last few years have been a big step backwards.
I would wholeheartedly agree. Having used iTunes myself for management at times, I'm really disappointed with what the software has evolved into over the last few incarnations. It's become very cloud-centric naturally and I'm not a big fan of services like iTunes Match for soundtrack albums. As a service for uploading those rare, freely obtained tracks that the store may not have, it's great. But in terms of "matching" the limited edition-styled soundtrack albums which all have a different quality of mastering, it's horrible. Some tracks are matched, others may not be. And you can't fix tracks that are matched to the wrong file in their stores. Or you'll get a completely different mastering altogether - possibly an inferior one. It's great in theory, but fails overall for this particular niche of collecting in my view.
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Thread title:
Do you use a Mac or a Windows/Linux PC?
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Yes.
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I started on early Windows (pre '95) but switched to Mac because in those days the Mac OS was much more user-friendly. I still use a Mac and like that it is less buggy (and to my mind still slightly more user friendly) than Windows, but Macs are also expensive, and I am frustrated by the lack of apps available for the Mac OS. Apple's refusal to support Blu-ray and their obvious war on physical media is also irksome. Apple's also lost their sense of fun (I miss those goofy translucent iMacs and iBooks!).
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Windows 8.1 (with Classic Shell installed to restore the Start button and boot past Metro).
I tried to get by on Linux one time when a Windows partition collapsed on me one time. It was OK, but I get by much better in Windows. I dual boot my machines with Ubuntu so that if something catastrophic happens to my Windows boot I can still use my computer.
I've had an android tablet for about three years now. I must do about 60+% of my computing on that.
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I use and enjoy both.
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Jan 26, 2015 - 11:25 PM
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Jett Hitt
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I started using my first Apple in 1984, and I owned my own Mac in 1992. I lived through the war with MS, and I trembled when I thought that Apple would go under before Steve returned in the late 1990s. As a composer, I was necessarily drawn to Apple because, in the early days, all music software was Mac. It was the music world in the early years. I remember a computer lab at the University of Kentucky where they had 50 Macs and 50 PCs. Everyday the PCs were reloaded with a fresh copy of Windows 95 from a master disk (a Jazz drive, if you remember those days). The Macs, on the other hand, just ran and ran.
Today, I still run Snow Leopard on my main machine. I am not crazy about the direction that the iPhone has taken Apple. My music computer runs Mavericks out of necessity. I don't run virus protection software, and I don't ever have to reload my system software. It just works.
Downside: They're DAMNED expensive. Stupidly so. But at the end of the day, I want to work with my computer and not on it. Perhaps Windows works just fine these days. I don't know, but Mac has ALWAYS worked, and that is not something that can be said about Windows.
Jett Hitt
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I started using my first Apple in 1984, and I owned my own Mac in 1992. I lived through the war with MS, and I trembled when I thought that Apple would go under before Steve returned in the late 1990s. As a composer, I was necessarily drawn to Apple because, in the early days, all music software was Mac. It was the music world in the early years. I remember a computer lab at the University of Kentucky where they had 50 Macs and 50 PCs. Everyday the PCs were reloaded with a fresh copy of Windows 95 from a master disk (a Jazz drive, if you remember those days). The Macs, on the other hand, just ran and ran.
Today, I still run Snow Leopard on my main machine. I am not crazy about the direction that the iPhone has taken Apple. My music computer runs Mavericks out of necessity. I don't run virus protection software, and I don't ever have to reload my system software. It just works.
Downside: They're DAMNED expensive. Stupidly so. But at the end of the day, I want to work with my computer and not on it. Perhaps Windows works just fine these days. I don't know, but Mac has ALWAYS worked, and that is not something that can be said about Windows.
Jett Hitt
Great story of your evolution of the Mac, Jett. I don't go that far back with Apple, but have spent years with their hardware and OS upon Jobs' return to the company in the mid-to-late 90's until recently. As for the direction iPhone may have taken the company, I'd agree; it seems they've disengaged from what they once stood for in terms of evolving the products and hardware based on a particular vision (even a fun one, as to paraphrase recent criticisms). Since the passing of Steve Jobs, it seems the company has drastically changed their historical approach - even in the mobile space. And I'm not trying to attribute their past success or methods to Steve having been there, either. Seems to me, for the first time in a while, Apple is driven more by the competition over innovation. And while one must be competitive in order to remain relevant, it just seems the company has been incredibly different as of late, and not necessarily for the best.
It's easy to admit; ever since Ballmer stepped down and was replaced by the current Microsoft CEO, it seems the company is perhaps headed in a more positive, healthier direction (Windows 10). Only time will tell where things will stand for each company. It's getting very interesting in the tech world, to say the least. It should at least make for some good products down the road due to all the competition picking up more steam.
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