Is It Worth Switching To Mac?, Will a 1GHz iBook G4 handle it? Options

[Skylit]

Hello everyone,

I've been using Emagic Logic on PC for years, and now am absolutely used to it. However, as it is now owned by Apple and future support has been limited to Mac only, I find myself at a really stupid situation (and I guess many Windows Logic users are)...

I need to get myself a laptop (moving abroad for a while), but can't decide which way should I go. I'm on a really limited budget, and I have only two options available:

1. Get a 14" iBook G4 1 GHz (or 1.2 GHz at most) with 256 MB RAM, and continue working with Logic.
2. Get a Portable 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon XP 2400+ with 512 MB RAM and switch to a different sequencer (Cubase SX perhaps).

I can't decide on this, and this dilemma has been killing me for the last couple of months. I've thought of many variants. These two choices are all I can afford at the moment. I would like to save for a better Mac, but I simply can't.

Keep in mind that I mostly use soft-synths and plug-ins. Only vocals are audio tracks. I don't mind "freezing" tracks time to time, but I wonder if a 1 GHz G4 iBook would be a wise choice in my case?

I want to stay with Logic, I need power, and I need it to be portable. And I'm on a budget.

What would you suggest?
I thank you all in advance!

[torsion]

Get the Mac, you know it makes sense!

I run Logic 6 quite easily on a five year old Power Mac G4/400mhz. I too use mostly soft synths and plug-ins. I have to use the Freeze function quite a lot, which can be a little annoying, but I would think a new 1ghz machine is likely to be far more capable, even a consumer model like the iBook.

However, 256mb is not a lot of RAM these days and you would benefit from adding more. I currently have 896mb which makes a big difference. RAM is very cheap these days (if you avoid the Apple Store!), so I recommend that you hunt around for the best price and get yourself at least an additional 256mb.