Power Book Or Mac Book Pro? Options

[Arth70]

Hi folks i just created my account for this site, because i am going to buy my first Mac...after too many pcs! this is my question.. i will use my new laptop mostly for Music creation (garage band and - pro tools... i know a desktop computer would be better but i will go with the notebook) and Internet, now, should i get the new mac book pro or the 17" Power Book 1.67 Ghz will be enough especially for music creation? should i get 1 Gb of memory instead of the standard 512 Mb ? im looking forward to read your suggestions guys... hurry up i wanna go buy my Mac NOOOWWWWWWW .. thank you and i'll talk to you soon , Bye

Arth

Ce message a été modifié par Arth70 - jeu. 9 mars 2006, 15:26.

[yellowbeak]

It depends how patient you are. The new GarageBand with the intel Macs is absolutely amazing. I'm just experimenting with it as we speak, but it's so awesome!! Pro Tools will not officially be compatible with the new intel Macs until May, though - and unfortunately some of their drivers and M-Powered software isn't even ready. In fact, M-Audio was so lax on driver updates that I had to temporarily shelve my Ozone and buy an Edirol PCR-M80 midi controller - just because Edirol had the intelligence to design high quality gear AND keep up to date with the professional.

But - if you can wait, I would recommend getting the Mac book. I bought the intel iMac and am totally in love with the thing. It's going to be where Apple's technology is moving towards anyway, so why not invest in the future? As far as ram, always always ALWAYS get as much as you can. If you can do 1 gig, I'd say do it - 2 would even be better. Don't get me wrong, 512 is enough (and it's what I currently have) to do a lot with - but for audio in particular you'll find that more RAM is simply a necessity.

Hope this helps!