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(DIR) Post #AVmOK5HdrIBfPMrqBk by PennyLope@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T12:36:35.977589Z
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In terms of art and graphics, are Mac Books worth the extra spondoolies for someone looking to go into that sort of industry or can you do pretty much the same on a decent gaming laptop if you own one of them already?They always seem eye wateringly expensive
(DIR) Post #AVmPRce2JwcarDV66y by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T12:40:17.705553Z
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@PennyLope Is there a reason why you are looking into an Apple laptop? Why not a regular 24” M1 iMac?
(DIR) Post #AVmPRdVD8F9jW8NYzg by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T12:41:22.309120Z
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@PennyLope I ask this because I find laptops, because of the miniaturization, is always more expensive. Is it because kiddo needs to carry it from home to school?
(DIR) Post #AVmPReFIMu1Fp3wMpE by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T12:43:53.339371Z
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@PennyLope Used to be Macs were way superior in handling colour, fonts and printing much much better than PCs. Now the difference has considerably shrunk. But a gaming PC, IMO, might not be best for colour reproduction, detailed work and accuracy: they are built more for graphic intensive action, 3D redrawing, number of geometry shapes redraws per second, etc.
(DIR) Post #AVmPd0qAhZoz5Ibl2m by LadyMont@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T12:50:29.322698Z
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@PennyLope MacOs isn't necessarily better than windows or even linux - personally use all three, for different things. It's a preference more than anything else. Most software nowadays runs on most platforms and if you have a decent gamin laptop already, why even bother with a mac if the software you'll use is going to be the same on either platform? If you want a macbook and can afford one easily, why the hell not? Otherwise, don't. The only time I'd advise an apple device, is when we're talking tablets. YMMV. Focus on software first.
(DIR) Post #AVmPlVixlEBnBYHwTQ by ren@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T12:52:44.792280Z
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@LadyMont @PennyLope Mac is essential for ios dev and most music production, it can also run all 3 Oses virtually (easier than windows)
(DIR) Post #AVmPoLFHB31DYRkidU by PennyLope@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T12:53:15.999264Z
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@Chronic-Yonic I need a laptop for myself, just cheap and cheerful, but eldest is doing art and design and I was wondering if he'd be needing anything more professional and whether it was worth taking the financial hit now or later. He has a decent gaming laptop though, and uses Blender on that, so I'm inclined to hold off as long as possible. If for no other reason than teenagers are fickle and we could have a complete academic turn around between now and college.
(DIR) Post #AVmQ6gd0PoaN5IbDyi by ren@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T12:56:35.356955Z
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@PennyLope macbooks are good (but get the pro) if you want to be able to get longterm maintenance on it and stuff, the problem is most modern laptops solder all the parts inside so replacing parts isn't an option
(DIR) Post #AVmQA1pa2YdjiF4goi by LadyMont@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T12:55:50.872107Z
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@ren @PennyLope That is very true. >it can also run all 3 Oses virtually (easier than windows)?< definitely my experience. But when ios dev and needing all 3 OS's, then a mac may very well not be worth it.
(DIR) Post #AVmQEbXfD33XcusOJs by ren@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T12:58:01.210529Z
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@PennyLope @Chronic-Yonic if your child prefers a mac then the dell xps isn't bad from my exp :)
(DIR) Post #AVmQJYJmchMp4lk8o4 by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T12:58:54.350264Z
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@ren @LadyMont @PennyLope >most music productionFL Studio is available on Windows and can run on Wine on Linux
(DIR) Post #AVmQQjCkXt9UrosJ7o by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T13:00:12.281917Z
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@PennyLope a gaming laptop can definitely work for art and graphics, they're not *that* resource intensive depending on the application
(DIR) Post #AVmQUXHAq0uz1slAmm by ren@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T13:00:53.880305Z
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@meso @LadyMont @PennyLope I mean the industry has a heavy preference towards mac, yeah there are some plugins or applications on windows. but it's not what my friends prefer for music production
(DIR) Post #AVmQbGtu7SfmGl5UY4 by PennyLope@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T13:02:06.975399Z
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@ren @LadyMont Ah now you see, I hadn't even considered the music side of things...
(DIR) Post #AVmQe1UdrP4RLvaEPg by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T13:02:18.551235Z
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@PennyLope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gjCOAw0W90True, kids can change ideas and spin on a dime. For design and art, what is important is the way the colours are rendered and if they show up accurately. You can always wait tho, see if the idea of going into design and art will stick. Instead of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator, I use Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer and they also make Affinity Publisher, they do almost all the work the Adobe apps do, at a fraction of the cost. For the differences in the way apps do certain work, you can train yourself to learn this. Affinity also has a great user forum where you can ask for advice and tips and tricks in how to achieve certain results.
(DIR) Post #AVmQeav6921tE7EM0e by LadyMont@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T13:02:02.602008Z
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@PennyLope @Chronic-Yonic At this point I'd hold off. The investment may very well be worth it later on. But a decent gaming laptop goes a long long way in my experience. Plus with the added bonus of being able to play games.
(DIR) Post #AVmQnjLECfEpx3oDJo by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T13:02:46.791959Z
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@PennyLope Affinity used to be known as Serif, in case that rings a bell.
(DIR) Post #AVmQnk9vABmuUHWhKi by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2023-05-18T13:04:00.409479Z
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@PennyLope Here’s the link to Affinity’s website: https://affinity.serif.com/
(DIR) Post #AVmRBa4iJ5pAA8SPPk by vivi@misskey.bubbletea.dev
2023-05-18T13:08:38.018Z
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@meso@asbestos.cafe @ren@asbestos.cafe @LadyMont@spinster.xyz @PennyLope@spinster.xyz but then you have to get all of the third party plugins to work as well no? and is every DAW as wineable as FL studio is? i heard good things abt ableton, but did anyone ever even attempt protools?
(DIR) Post #AVmRXgt5eu9Pf6Yz8i by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T13:12:40.087489Z
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@vivi @LadyMont @PennyLope @ren FL Studio wasn't Wineable up until recently iirc, but it worked fine on Windows when I was using it
(DIR) Post #AVmSSIOdOBMyD5JDyi by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T13:22:53.640223Z
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@bot @ren @LadyMont @PennyLope They literally aren't, they run less stuff, they're more expensive. Creative work is all about expression and Macs tamper with that
(DIR) Post #AVmSbQ8DzyYCo5z6yu by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T13:24:31.817962Z
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@bot @LadyMont @PennyLope @ren not like Linux is any better, whoever's designing these free software tools are retarded jesus christ is it that hard to make something nice to use. and it's not getting better with the new GNOME UIs, just worse and more dumbed down. they're not good at design and they should stop pretending to be. Windows stands as the best operating system for art and design
(DIR) Post #AVmScdKuOEGC39UnfE by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T13:24:45.928580Z
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@LadyMont @PennyLope @bot @ren >Windows stands as the best operating system for art and design if you don't value your freedom of course :>
(DIR) Post #AVmSlYL2LDwh9goD8i by EricZhang456@pl.starnix.network
2023-05-18T13:26:22.210120Z
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@meso @ren @bot @LadyMont @PennyLope the current state of gnome is literally a dumbed down macos
(DIR) Post #AVmSnCWaPnn652zsIq by Ruusu@boks.moe
2023-05-18T13:26:22.806481Z
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@meso @ren @bot @LadyMont @PennyLope install BSD :bsdsuicide: :bsdcuckhold" CC @get :insane-eagle:
(DIR) Post #AVmSt8CnO2cSQEZGXw by EricZhang456@pl.starnix.network
2023-05-18T13:27:43.256802Z
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@meso @LadyMont @PennyLope @bot @ren but the thing about macos is that it is currently the only *nix with the adobe ableton avid crap and whatnot
(DIR) Post #AVmSxHZ0XE5kbXw8Lg by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T13:28:28.805988Z
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@bot @ren @LadyMont @PennyLope what's false about that. are you an artist/designer?
(DIR) Post #AVmT1XNnf3zUpEiuX2 by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T13:29:15.962861Z
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@EricZhang456 @ren @bot @LadyMont @PennyLope i dont get ableton people just use fl studio lol
(DIR) Post #AVmT7UDGMNocjPdCq0 by EricZhang456@pl.starnix.network
2023-05-18T13:30:18.578047Z
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@meso @ren @bot @LadyMont @PennyLope there's no fl studio for linux however either (even though it works super well under wine)for your question: https://youtu.be/YSpmAl5yME8
(DIR) Post #AVmUoA4pCXJIgdb6iu by NEETzsche@iddqd.social
2023-05-18T13:49:14.020202Z
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Imagine using Linux just to use an emulator like WinE.inb4 WinE isn’t an emulator; yes it is
(DIR) Post #AVmVIk06Ca6Gn1y6aW by MischievousuTomatosu@boks.moe
2023-05-18T13:54:26.198209Z
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@PennyLope yes
(DIR) Post #AVmVPKPjjL2BSh6LC4 by MischievousuTomatosu@boks.moe
2023-05-18T13:55:34.202663Z
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@ren @meso @LadyMont @PennyLope there's also plugins that are mac only iirc
(DIR) Post #AVmX79RhyG2i8lU3f6 by ren@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T14:15:06.254538Z
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@MischievousuTomatosu @meso @LadyMont @PennyLope yup those are the ones we tend to use so that's why I have a hackintosh setup lol
(DIR) Post #AVmXF3bZZT5CLFrr4C by MischievousuTomatosu@boks.moe
2023-05-18T14:16:28.154214Z
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@ren @meso @LadyMont @PennyLope lel. i get by with foss plugins thankfully. i don't intend to move to a mac unless gaming on it gets better
(DIR) Post #AVmXhc0FH2WP8L1YGG by whiteline@shitposter.club
2023-05-18T14:21:41.954194Z
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@NEETzsche @meso @ren @vivi @LadyMont @PennyLopeit's a shim layer, not an emulator
(DIR) Post #AVmXvYdSahGOkA14L2 by NEETzsche@iddqd.social
2023-05-18T14:24:10.750867Z
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These distinctions are basically just bullshit. If it’s so plainly an emulator that you have to put it in the name that it isn’t an emulator to distinguish it from an emulator, it’s an emulator.
(DIR) Post #AVmdFxgxdmtO18CcKG by vivi@misskey.bubbletea.dev
2023-05-18T15:23:55.340Z
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@meso@asbestos.cafe @LadyMont@spinster.xyz @PennyLope@spinster.xyz @ren@asbestos.cafe thats true tbf, most users will be able to use windows just fine for audio stuff. macOS audio is way nicer to work with but most users will not care if they dont do it a lot and/or professionally
(DIR) Post #AVn0cW7UcJe66tKwQy by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-18T19:45:43.030965Z
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@bot @ren @LadyMont @PennyLope you literally do not. Mac runs less software, vast majority of software is Windows-first
(DIR) Post #AVnlFwAOIzsA4tQYaW by MercurialBlack@pleroma.mercurial.blog
2023-05-19T04:28:14.224815Z
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@EricZhang456 @meso @ren @bot @LadyMont @PennyLope YO ERIC ZCHANG JOIN GRUMBNL MOTHERFUCKER
(DIR) Post #AVoDKhmM1VZfcUFKHg by meso@asbestos.cafe
2023-05-19T09:42:52.395919Z
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@MercurialBlack @ren @EricZhang456 @bot @LadyMont @PennyLope >GRUMBNLcc @grumbulon
(DIR) Post #AY1JPaBhWFXY5kZKhU by EricZhang456@pl.starnix.network
2023-07-24T13:06:25.128791Z
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@meso @ren @bot @LadyMont @PennyLope WRONG, ableton is better
(DIR) Post #AY1JWpRVCTy3QmPnAO by EricZhang456@pl.starnix.network
2023-07-24T13:07:42.176201Z
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@meso @LadyMont @PennyLope @bot @meso @ren (former logic and fl user here)