Macintosh and audio live performance 3948

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:36:10 -0400, Dana Larsen

I put a little strip of gaffa across the front of the rack so the computer can't see what's going on. Fools it into thinking it's just a rehearsal.

The main problem with Windows for me is that it's very difficult to troubleshoot on location if it does go wrong. You either need an internet connection or some way of re-installing-reimaging back to a working config. If the apps require challenge-response authentication and you don't have a disk image then it's a day of entering serial numbers on line as well.

I've been lucky so far. I feel happier troubleshooting on Linux systems where things are a bit more modular and tweakable though.

Every time. I resorted to restricted user accounts and pbuttword protection on bios-admin for an eight computer music tuition room running win2k. The people I set it up for called me a year later, asking for the pbuttwords. I'd given the pbuttwords to them originally, but they had not recognised their importance and promptly lost them all. It was nice they had not needed admin pbuttwords for a year, but also a pain as I did not have the pbuttwords either. :)

I have a mac owning friend who when asked what computer he had, just stared blankly and said 'the one that comes with digital performer.'. :)