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General Discussion => Music Talk and Showcase => General Discussion => Topic started by: Manchester75 on April 29, 2012, 11:03:26 am

Title: Sibelius
Post by: Manchester75 on April 29, 2012, 11:03:26 am

If Desktop PCs phase out, would there always be a computer on which a music software writing program could be used, such as Sibelius?

Thanks.

Manchester75 :)

Title: Re: Sibelius
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 29, 2012, 01:45:22 pm

Heya and welcome here. :) I will be moving your topic in the music section.

I don't think PC-based platforms will phase out, maybe desktops PC will be completely replaced with laptops, but Windows will always remain around, so you should be fine with the current software you use. I believe Sibelius is for Windows, right? I cannot load the main site for some reasons.

Title: Re: Sibelius
Post by: Jonius7 on May 01, 2012, 05:52:55 am

Quote from: Manchester75 on April 29, 2012, 11:03:26 am

If Desktop PCs phase out, would there always be a computer on which a music software writing program could be used, such as Sibelius?

Thanks.

Manchester75 :)

I was thinking if Desktop PCs were going to be phased out then they would mostly be replaced by laptops :D
They are already kinda getting phased out anyway. Apple does have a lot to do with it (look at the Mac Pro, no not the MacBook Pro, but the Mac Pro, hasn't been updated for years and unlikely to do ever again), also the rise of smartphones and tablets have made people less rely on laptops, let alone desktops.

Quote from: DJ_O on April 29, 2012, 01:45:22 pm

Heya and welcome here. :) I will be moving your topic in the music section.

I don't think PC-based platforms will phase out, maybe desktops PC will be completely replaced with laptops, but Windows will always remain around, so you should be fine with the current software you use. I believe Sibelius is for Windows, right? I cannot load the main site for some reasons.

Sibelius is for Windows, and Finale (another music composing software which my school uses) is also for Windows.

Also interesting you say that Sibelius.com doesn't load up. Well I tried Opera :D and got this message:

Spoiler For A message from DJ_O's favourite browser ;) which I sometimes use too!:

The server requested a login authentication method that is not supported.

Works fine in chrome though. I wonder what makes it not renderable in Opera?