Hendrik Jan Veenstra wrote: >I think that >Emagic could have decided to stop the entire LAW thing right here and >now, with the release of LA6 for Mac. The fact that they choose to >do otherwise is what made me say Emagic is cool. -and that is one of the reasons why I have stayed with Logic, and really not gotten too much into Cubase SX, even though I bought the crossgrade. I think it says a lot about Emagic (and the people there) that they are still doing some work on LAW. Mind you, I won't hesitate in asking them to keep at it :-) (SNIP) >1) get a new Mac and use OSX without VST's (not an option >for many), Agreed, although it is encouraing to see that the latest Macs are considerably cheaper. If I hadn't upgraded my PC last October, I would be very tempted, but wouldn't want to work without all those plug ins... >or 2) get a somewhat older Mac cheaper and use it with >VSTs in OS9, possibly with a bit less performance than you were used >to with your 8 trillion terahurts helium-cooled Pentium MCMLXII (hey, >my birthyear! :), One thing I would never consider doing is moving to a slower Computer (don't want to start any argument about what is fast or slow, I just mean that I wouldn't be interested in an older Mac, even though most of the people on the list are probably using such machines with OS9.) I think it is only sensible, if you are going to change, to make a clean sweep of it, that means for me to wait as long as possible, and buy whatever the appropriate model is at the time you _have_to change, so that means OSX, and hopefully a nice G5/IBM 970 or whatever Apple come up with next. I really want them to do well and come up with machines that will settle all the stupid PC/Mac performance arguments. <or 3) wait a bit (and be happy with LAW5.5) until >either the VSTs are AUs, or a new and faster generation of Macs >appears (and the VSTs are AUs). absolutely right, that is definitely the way to go, in any case, LAWP 5.5 is bloody marvellous, I (we) have never had it so good.... >You know, everyone (including yours truly) always wants more and >faster and better... and yesterday please! And yet when you abandon >that line of thought, and simply decide to not care too much and use >what you have until some later date... that brings a sort of peace of >mind... Oh well... Amen, end of sermon :). Nicely preached, ...BTW how is the thesis going? cheers Mark Cahill

On a fine day, 28-02-2003, hesse-voormann@... wrote: > >or 2) get a somewhat older Mac cheaper and use it with >>VSTs in OS9, possibly with a bit less performance than you were used >>to with your 8 trillion terahurts helium-cooled Pentium MCMLXII (hey, >>my birthyear! :), > >One thing I would never consider doing is moving to a slower Computer Agreed -- I wouldn't do that either. I guess if had a PC (now there's a funny thought :-), I would simply stick to 5.5 and wait a bit. Nothing wrong with 5.5, and nothing wrong with not spending money for some time :). >hopefully a nice G5/IBM 970 or whatever Apple come up with next. I >really want them to do well and come up with machines that will >settle all the stupid PC/Mac performance arguments. I don't care for the arguments, but a new line of G-whatevers would be nice. >BTW how is the thesis going? Very well -- thanks for asking. Just working my *ss off currently... Spending 16 hours or more each day behind the Mac... (it's a one-week schoolholiday over here, so no work until Monday -- hence the 16 hour days). Another month or 2, and it'll hopefully be over. Heck, by then I've been going to school for some 36 years -- time to get it over and done with, and get a life :-). -- Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...> Omega Art: http://www.omega-art.com