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Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

HigherThanTheSun — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:48:14 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 03/22/2012 00:48

demetrios wrote:

I remember reading somewhere (a couple of years ago) that according to a suervey (in the US) when people asked "if they could get ANY computer they'd like, which would they go for", the answer was overwhelmingly pro-Apple...

If money were no object I'd have one too, but in the real world money matters and I can get a much higher spec PC for much cheaper.

When I'm rich I'll get a mac.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Hayden — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:00:26 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/22/2012 00:00

Jackwc wrote:

Yes, and the entirety of Beethoven's 9th was put together originally in GarageBand.

😮 NOH WAAI.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:43:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/21/2012 22:43

Texas Instruments > Mac

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Jackwc — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:03:15 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 03/21/2012 21:03

Yes, and the entirety of Beethoven's 9th was put together originally in GarageBand.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:42:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/21/2012 20:42

The Velvet Underground frequently used Macs to make their experimental sounds. For example, the electric viola parts were not played by John Cale, but rather made on a Mac.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Jackwc — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:20:10 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 03/21/2012 05:20

demetrios wrote:

Stop, stop! You're going to bring on the nerdrage storm!

Also, I'd assume so. Apple products are easier to use, more aesthetically pleasing to the eye and expensive, therefore a status symbol.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

demetrios — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:17:32 GMT

Author: demetrios

Posted: 03/21/2012 05:17

I remember reading somewhere (a couple of years ago) that according to a suervey (in the US) when people asked "if they could get ANY computer they'd like, which would they go for", the answer was overwhelmingly pro-Apple...

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

demetrios — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:10:13 GMT

Author: demetrios

Posted: 03/21/2012 05:10

What was THIS forum missing?
A Mac-PC debate.
Now it isn't.
Hurah!
🙄

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Jackwc — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:02:14 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 03/21/2012 01:02

I've got a mac and a PC. Considering most of what I do is browser-based, and both have Chrome, not much else matters to me. I game on my PC and do music and art-related stuff on my mac. Which is better? My PC, cause it doesn't cost TWO THOUSAND FUCKING DOLLARS.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Hermes_requite — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:01:57 GMT

Author: Hermes_requite

Posted: 03/21/2012 01:01

So was mac n cheese.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

40footwolf — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:01:12 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 03/21/2012 01:01

Kind of Blue was famously performed with Macintosh-powered androids filling in for Miles' usual studio partners, resulting in what many believe to be his best album.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:37:36 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/21/2012 00:37

Dark Side of the Moon and Revolver were also made on a Mac.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

RFNAPLES — Thu, 3 Jun 2010 15:47:40 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 06/03/2010 19:47

I use a PC because they are efficient and have software widely available. I eat big Mac and Macintosh apples.

Re: welll

Charicature — Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:32:34 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 06/03/2010 18:32

Hail to the Kid A wrote:

ok computer is everything but overated

a fantastic album, an oerrated album will be something like nevermind

You've just proven how OK Computer can be overrated...even while I don't disagree with you about Nevermind.

To be honest, I've owned it for about 12 years now and I only care for half the album. To me that's not a great album by any stretch.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Wumbo — Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:16:06 GMT

Author: Wumbo

Posted: 06/03/2010 17:16

In 2011 he's going to release an album called "GREAT Computer" which will be edited on Windows or Linux machine 😉

I hope you aren't being too serious here... Macs and PCs are good for different purposes. But when it comes to stuff like this, it doesn't even matter what operating system you choose. Douglas Adams wrote novels on a Mac, that doesn't mean Apple computers are superior for novel writing. It just means it was the mid 90s.

I think generally, the more proficient with computers you are (rather than a specific program), the more you desire the support PCs have, or the freeware Linux offers. But if you only use computers for simple tasks (a few editing programs you're used to, plus email) then you won't know what you're missing. I heard Macs are decent for programming too, though I don't know why.

welll

Hail to the Kid A — Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:34:26 GMT

Author: Hail to the Kid A

Posted: 06/02/2010 19:34

ok computer is everything but overated

a fantastic album, an oerrated album will be something like nevermind

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Applerill — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:00:16 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 05/27/2010 16:00

The Book of Abysmality was made on a Mac, too. Does that make you guys feel better? 😜

Anyway, here's a list of famous Mac users. Many of them are music artists. http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/greenacres/macusers.htm

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Charicature — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:47:26 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 05/27/2010 15:47

thomas697 wrote:

I really dont know what the name of this thread is implying .. Macs were around even in 1997?

They've been around since the 80s, if I recall. When Apple felt the company name on the product was getting old after the Apple IIe or thereabouts.

But if you wanted serious computing back then you had a Commodore/Amiga...regrettably, all I had was an IBM PCjr. Obsolete the instant it was made. And I got mine 5 years later 🤣

Anyway, my Intro to Electronic Music professor did say that Macs were better platforms for producing music and that's all we had in the music lab (along with some awesome MIDI keyboards). But that was actually right around the time OK Computer was released. It's been 13 years, so I don't know if it still holds true - Windows has made substantial leaps forward since Windows98.

That said, I used mostly Macs my first two years of college (in their computer labs) and got sick and tired of having the damn things freeze on me and having to unplug the damned things to restart them because they didn't have power or even reset buttons. Lost a lot of work that way even with autosave features. PCs may crash a lot (actually, mine don't), but I've found most crashes don't occur when you're using software that doesn't really tax your computer's systems.

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

thomas697 — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:42:19 GMT

Author: thomas697

Posted: 05/27/2010 12:42

Im embarrassed 😁

Re: OK Computer Was Made on a Mac

Applerill — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:38:27 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 05/27/2010 11:38

(Facepalm)

Here are some quotes from Wikipedia:

"Airbag", the album's opening track, was inspired by DJ Shadow and features an electronic drum beat programmed from a seconds-long recording of Selway drumming. The band sampled the drum track with an Akai S3000XL, edited it using a Macintosh computer,"

"Fitter Happier", which begins the second half of the album, consists of sampled musical and background sound and lyrics recited by a synthesized voice from the Macintosh SimpleText application.

And the whole thing was mixed and stuff with Pro Tools on a Mac.

The point is, if Thom really made the best album of all time with this thing, you should get one, too 😜 . It's a shame I had to ruin the joke like that.

Though Squishy's joke wasn't bad either.

Edit: On a random note, it should be pointed out that Trent Reznor also uses a Mac obsessively, which means you should definitely get it.