The program was always the same, on Windows and Mac. The Mac people developed early compilers that allowed the program to be run on a Mac. Then they dumped the O/S, and had no compilers for the code, and no software could be ported to the new systems. So this is who's fault?

They've done this twice by the way. Now if you were developing software, using a language and compiler currently available for Mac's with the aforementioned information, would you bet the farm on developing something for the Mac?

Because they choose not to make available all the required pieces and parts, they develop good stuff like GarageBand etc. Don't flog those who try and offer an alternative. Maybe if Macs had 50 percent of the market share some guys would reverse engineer the thing to figure out what they broke and made proprietary.

A little history lesson...when you buy a Mac they tell you that you do not need anything more to be a huge musician, a hollywood star, or a rocket scientist. In fact if they find out you buy 3rd party software it surprises me that they don't void your Mac ticket and hardware warranty. If you can be James Cameron and David Foster by owning a Mac you don't need band in a box. (Cause that's 2 Canadians and you will watch hockey and eat maple syrup instead).

Last edited by John Conley; 10/19/10 04:03 PM.
John Conley
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