I've Been Mac Attacked

Lately, I've been becoming more enthralled by Macs. In short, I WANT ONE!! Unfortunately, I NEED MONEY!! My Dell laptop with Vista has not been living up to even my most mediocre expectations. It runs slowly, the security alerts are as annoying as hell, any anti-virus programs slow it down even more, many features on programs I use very efficiently on XP are now downgraded or gone completely with Vista, audio recording quality is completely terrible....I could go on, but I won't. In fact, I think the inclusion of Chess Titans is the only thing I like about Vista over XP. That being said, as soon as I get enough money, this nice little beauty will be mine! No, this is not truly an impulse buy. I've researched it thoroughly enough, and I figure that this will actually be of solid use for me:

1. Garageband's a nice included program, but Apple's Logic music software is really nice for music recording, editing, and mixing. I'm quite an amateur at this stuff, but even I've been realizing the limitations of Audacity. Though it's nice for a free download, I'll be needing a better music program to let me do pitch corrections, especially in real-time, and other more polished reverb and echo effects. I figure that since I'm the music director of an a cappella group at my school, and I like recording random things in my spare time, Logic Express would be a great place to start. What's better than "WAH WAH WAH WAH" in stereo?! Actually, don't answer that...




2. Do I or do I not make those silly Pokémon parody videos? Do I or do I not plan to continue making these videos until it seriously impairs my ability to land myself either a girlfriend or a decent career? The answer to both of these questions is 'I do.' And while iMovie is a rather basic program, I can get a student discount on Final Cut Express. This nice piece of software has almost all the features of many top notch Windows programs at probably half or even a third of the price. Nicer video effects, multi-tracking video clips, LOTS of different audio tracks, easy interface, smooth playback of different video file types on a single time line. Maybe I'm a complete n00b at video editing (actually I definitely am), but I know enough to realize that this will be one of the better deals I come across.


Now, the hard part. Getting the money. Fortunately, my going back to school for a month of summer class means that I have ample opportunity to find an on-campus job. Decent pay, flexible hours, and since I'm only taking one class, I definitely have the time. I could technically buy the iMac right now, but I'd rather not clean out everything I have saved up. There's not much worse than being a completely broke college student. Hopefully this will be mine by the time the fall semester rolls around. A semester of fun classes AND the opportunity to make videos and music in my room? I can't wait!






Aw...give PC a hug, Mac. Daddy Gates obviously doesn't love him, or else he wouldn't suck.








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EDIT:

That being said, Episode 12 is still undergoing delays. I've been recovering from another slight allergy/cold spell from the past few days, and a sore throat coupled with a cold really affects my ability to kick my voice into falsetto-Ash mode, or rather any voice for that matter. I'd rather wait until I'm healthy and make my voice-acting at least somewhat believable and not congested =P I'm also going to Florida from Thursday until Sunday, so that's completely out. I have no idea what my schedule will be like once I go back to school mid-July. Undoubtedly I'll have some free time, but I won't know when and how much until I get used to my class, find a job, and gauge how long español homework will take me every night. We'll see how it goes, and I'll keep you updated!