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I won't get into the religious aspects of which computer one uses (I'm typing this on a PC and my Mac is in the studio).

I think it's a shame that the 35% of Logic users who use PCs are just going to be dropped eventually. Already, both Steinberg (Cubase SX) and Cakewalk (Sonar) are offering special prices specifically for existing PC Logic Audio users.

http://www.steinberg.net/the_magic_of_sx/index.phtml?sid=07773161

http://www.cakewalk.com/Press/07-04-02-Logic_to_SONAR.asp

Longer term, my guess is that Apple is planning on including a little iMusic (MicroLogic a/v?) program with the basic Mac setup (or for a very cheap add-on price), so a $1000 iMac with the addition of a little USB audio/midi device would be ready to go for very decent-sounding 24-bit audio and midi. Of course, Logic will most likely run better than any other midi/audio app on OS X - which has integrated midi and the next version (10.2) will have the full "core audio" functions built in, also.

...but XP is a fine operating system, too. I've used all the M/S products since MS-DOS 2.11. Hated most of 'em...but Win2K started shaping up pretty nicely. (I've used the Mac OS since System 7, too).

Interesting times lie ahead...

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Larry
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[This message has been edited by Lwilliam (edited 07-03-2002).]