This Is A Confusing Time To Buy A Mac..., this is a confusing time to buy a mac... Options

[seoul_revolution]

Or is it just me?

I'm a musician who has been planning for a while to buy a mac, but the whole Intel switch thing has me really confused. I joined this site hoping someone could give me some guidance.

I had been planning to spend big $ on a dual G5, but now I'm not so sure ... as I guess all the software is going to be moving to Intel eventually, or will run faster on the Intel macs... So now what I'm thinking is ... buy the Mac mini Intel core duo and max out the RAM at 2 gigs, add the Lacie or some other external drive for storage. Total price would come to $1300 or so.

What I'm looking to do is digital audio recording, with midi. The ability to sample and use virtual instruments would also be nice. Would I be able to do that with this setup?

Thanks in advance for anyone who can offer their thoughts.

best
Ian

[emgcarra]

Hi everyone,
Though a little late, I would like to follow this line. I am also trying to do a decent migration from G4 800 dual, LP 6.4, Digi 001 PT 6, to the new stars.
I have to admit that I don´t have the muscle to renew everything on a year to year basis...too expensive, but planning to move has become a hard task.
If I go to G5 wich is not a cheap movement, I will loose my audio interface because of the PCI-e platform, but even so, PT Digi 002 (another $ 795) is not compatible with Tiger 10.4 wich is needed to run LP 7.2. Tha pushes me to buy a new interface to get audio in the mac, but not for use my PT files....
It seems to me like a no ending story...I guess we are goin to have to sit and wait for a while...I mean, even those who buy a G5 2 x 2.5 and were running PT LE.... Please forget my english and my worries, but it is a headache stuff.
At least for me.
Thanks for your time.