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]

Well, the new version of Garage Band allows for some pretty cool features. A lot of the features, though, revolve around iLife '06 in general. There are some cool things for pod casting, adding artwork, etc - a host of neat little frilly things...For audio recording, though, I will say the performance is noticeably better compared to my experience with Garage band on an iBook G4 - with seemingly better software instruments, as well.

I do agree, though, that it would be kind of weird to put the money into a Powerbook. It may take some time for other apps to come around, but the realistic side is that's where they will move to anyway. The new Garage Band will keep you more than occupied, as well other music apps that you can find all over the place. I love my dual core processor; it makes a huge difference and is totally worth it.

I'm partially impatient too - I want that new Pro Tools M-Powered to be available. I even loaded the demo on my iBook, thinking it'd be a good idea - only to find out you can't save or export =)

You have my vote for the new Mac book man - like Nike says, Just do it!