This is a software problem though (and only if you are using Safari). The fact that OS X is a *NIX environment means you don't have to settle for Apple software (which can be great, or horrible). The hardware itself though is top notch.
Using Safari to prove that Apple is only in it for the money is a bit strange also. Safari is "free" (except for the cost of the hardware, obviously!) and you aren't tied to it as your only web browsing option. Where companies are in it for the money, you would see a system where the software that is provided is truly faulty, and it costs you to upgrade it (or secure it... ). I wouldn't be surprised to see a security update to the problem above from Apple at some point... and I've already sent the URL to Apple as a Safari bug. Not to bad in my opinion.
A pain for musicians? This certainly isn't the case for musicians in general. As a professional composer, I've been using Macs for over a decade, and it has always been music friendly. With OS X, even more so. Versions of software have nothing to do with it... there is very little music wise that doesn't exist in some open-source version, and therefore mostly just a compile away. This doesn't sound like the computers problem, but more a problem with not taking the time and energy to learn how to use it.
You put a PC together with junk, you get junk. My Macs last years, with little or no problem. And if there is (back to the head of this thread!) Apple takes care of it.
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Neither is Finale. Finale is horrible at dealing with sound that doesn't fit neatly into the 12-note, even time division based world of sound.
Why isn't synthesis, sampling and manipulation music?
This is a software problem though (and only if you are using Safari). The fact that OS X is a *NIX environment means you don't have to settle for Apple software (which can be great, or horrible). The hardware itself though is top notch. Using Safari to prove that Apple is only in it for the money is a bit strange also. Safari is "free" (except for the cost of the hardware, obviously!) and you aren't tied to it as your only web browsing option. Where companies are in it for the money, you would see a system where the software that is provided is truly faulty, and it costs you to upgrade it (or secure it... ). I wouldn't be surprised to see a security update to the problem above from Apple at some point... and I've already sent the URL to Apple as a Safari bug. Not to bad in my opinion.
A pain for musicians? This certainly isn't the case for musicians in general. As a professional composer, I've been using Macs for over a decade, and it has always been music friendly. With OS X, even more so. Versions of software have nothing to do with it... there is very little music wise that doesn't exist in some open-source version, and therefore mostly just a compile away. This doesn't sound like the computers problem, but more a problem with not taking the time and energy to learn how to use it.
You put a PC together with junk, you get junk. My Macs last years, with little or no problem. And if there is (back to the head of this thread!) Apple takes care of it.