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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
I've never quite understood what it meant to be a "Mac person" as opposed to someone who used Macs. Standardized equipment tends to be de rigeur in recording studios in New York and L.A., and a lot of producers use AMS Neves, yet I've never heard audio engineers refer to themselves as "Neve persons." Those same engineers tend also to use Macs; again, they don't call themselves "Mac people."
I like PCs and usually own at least one at any given moment. At the same time, I own and use Macs for things related to music and film production. Using Macs has never been a lifestyle decision except in the sense that, in order to be a working artist, I had to learn to use them. The decision was to be a working artist, not to swear allegiance to a product line.
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It's also has to do with adopting a certain kind of mind-set, or feeling an affinity or connection with a product and with its philosophy.
I was Mac person the day I bought my "Fat Mac" in 1984. It forever changed the way I think about computers and interacted with them. Before that, I had a KayPro 2, running MS-Dos.