![]() Speaking from a platform point of view, you will find when switching to a Mac, you'll be constantly asking, "Why didn't they do this like that.?" Neither platform is intuitive, despite what marketing will tell you. ![]() OS X 10.5.8 Dual 2.0 PPC 4GB RAM Finale 2011 Digital Performer 7 Some do use both platforms which may be the best of both worlds. I have no point of reference for Finale on a PC as every composer, arranger, orchestrator, and artist I know in L.A. Reliability is a big factor as are viruses and as far as I can tell, Macs have PCs beat by a long shot in those regards. In most "business only" accounting/inventory based businesses, PCs seem to rule. In most professional production studios I know of doing music, film/video, and graphics, Macs are the machine of choice. If all you do is Finale and nothing else, I guess it doesn't matter what platform you are on. Oh: "MAC" stands for Media Access Control. You can't use the keyboard arrows to work through the instruments in the Setup Wizard, for instance.)įor me, 2011 feels like the first version of Finale that is "modern" - with the transparent anchors, revised UI, etc. (There are still a few things not quite right, though. No big deal, but you get a sort of feeling that Finale is native Windows software and that the Mac version is an adaption.įinale 3.0 > 2009b, Macbook, 4 gB 120 gB, Oxygen 8v2, Yamaha CP33, Echo AudioFire2įinale was originally written for the Mac, and then ported to Windows.Ģ011 does appear to have had lots of the user interface re-written using standard Mac user-interface tools. ![]() ![]() You'll need extra software to customize it. For one thing, Finale for Mac do not have editable speedy entry shortcuts. Finale for Mac feels like a sort of Mac-adapted version of the Finale Win. I worked between 20 on XP.įinale 2009c, OS X 10.5.8 / MacBookPro & iMac 20" / Working with multimedia (recording, editing) is better on OS X because of the way OS X uses free space on HDD, and better uses hardware.īUT, I have found that Finale works much better on Windows, and it is more Windows-program than OS X. OS X system core is more stable, and the point using it is more hardware-system functionality. ![]()
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