What Mac To Buy?, I am wondering if a quad intel is necessary or whether a dual g5 can c Options

[JonRaven]

Hello there,

first time visiter, first time poster here...

I am currently using a powerbook 1.25 and I want to move into the ability to use some robust virtual instruments like toon track's "ezdrummer" and spek's "atmosphere", along with interested in the new east west quantum leap app called "gypsy" and the like.

My powerbook just wont cut it of course so I am thinking about getting a desktop mac.

Can anyone tell me from real world knowledge whether I could do everything I want with a used dual g5 or whether I really need to bite the bullet and get the new quad 2.66 intel?

I know ram is a big thing so I will upgrade either machine wiith atleast 4 gig ram.

I will be looking to do realistic backing tracks for my songs with virtual instruments and then adding say 16 tracks of audio tracks as well to the track.

Any ideas? Of course the music stores and the mac store are just out to sell the newest greatest of everything so you can't really get any honest opinions based on personal experience so I came here.

Can anyone discuss this with me?

Thanks and glad to be part of the group.

[ironhead]

well a dual power mac g5 not an imac can of course runs really good but it all depends and how much your you will be buying it for .
You can also network two any two mac computer in node for more power
but if your planning to to sell your mac book and buy another i think it's best to buy the latest model like a mac pro because technology moves fast and each day the softare will put more burding on your processor .
And computer gets old fast.
i hope that helps let me know.

[JonRaven]

Hello there and thank you for replying with your thoughts.

I intend on keeping my powerbook to do web design and such on as that is my day job right now and this way I can leave all that stuff off my audio production machine and make it only for audio to hopefully avoid any issues that using one machine for everything sometimes will cause.

I am currently thinking about any powermac between say a dual g5 2.0 with 4 gig ram all the way up to the new quad intel 2.66 with 4 gig ram.

I have indeed heard of this nodeing thing and I hear it is amazing but only if your using logic. Which right now i have pro tools 6.7 and have been using logic pro 7 for my midi stuff.

Any thoughts now that I have given more info?

Thanks again.

well a dual power mac g5 not an imac can of course runs really good but it all depends and how much your you will be buying it for .
You can also network two any two mac computer in node for more power
but if your planning to to sell your mac book and buy another i think it's best to buy the latest model like a mac pro because technology moves fast and each day the softare will put more burding on your processor .
And computer gets old fast.
i hope that helps let me know.