Titanium G4/500 For Audio Recording? Options

[ssagala]

Hello all,

I have decided to kick the PC habit and migrate to a mac for my audio work. The trouble is the macs are rather expensive. Yes, yes i know you get a lot more stablility, compatablility etc with a mac but unfortunately my back manager does not see things my way.

I am looking to buy a refurbished titanium powerbook g4/500 wit a 10 GB hard drive and 128 MB RAM. Are these specs too low to run say digital performer? Do you recommend a used laptop to sequence midi and record audio with? Spce is an issue with me so i try and save it where i can.

I appreciate your input

[ssagala]

ferret,

After a few weeks I have been forced to reluctantly return the tiBook. I will give a rundown of my experience:
I have an MPC2000 which i use for all my midi sequencing. i started on this so I am most comfortable using the MPC. When i feel a song is ready I transfer the midi data via my MOTU 828mkii into digital performer tweak it further, convert each track into audio, and layer, process and add vocals. I used digital performer on the tiBook w/ Panther and although it worked, performance was sluggish and sometimes unresponsive.
The bottom line is with my current setup, I could get each machine to 'talk' to the next, no problem, and integration was simple enough. However, any serious audio work (i.e effects processing and recording more than 4 tracks at a time or indeed playing back moe than 4 tracks) was limited by the slow processor speed.
I was reluctant to send it back, but the making music was becoming more of a hassle than a joy
So, all in all, I would not recomend one of the first gen tibooks. Unfortunatly money is a serious issue with me so i plan to go up in increments until i find a machine that works ok, for the least amount of money- next in line... 800MHz ibook