Baptised PC Basher

I've been a bonafide Macintosh snob, a GUI zealot, a disciple of Steve Jobs since my early college days. The inherent strengths of the operating system include customizing, upgrading, running sofware, and premium computing specs. Mhz, MB, GB, processor performance and all that other tech talk was never quite as important as Adobe Photoshop, mini-apps and running smoothly. A Macintosh is the BMW, the Mercedes-Benz, the Cadillac of craftmanship. It's a premium product with a loyal following...so what am I doing thinking about changing operating systems? It's called Avid Liquid 7 - a brand new editing software and must-have for freelance editors like myself. Problem is it only runs on a PC platform. I edited with FCP on the M/V Explorer for 3 months and quite frankly I still prefer AVID products. Critics claim it's a fallacy to think anything PC based is inferior to Mac and maybe they're right. It's not about nifty little bells and whistles anymore - it's not about the 'coolness factor' - it's about making and saving money and Avid Liquid 7, a cheap buy, will work magic with my new Sony HVRZ1U 1080i HDV Camcorder. Get ready to download my first podcast from Montana Big Sky Ski Lodge next month.