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!

[Skylit]

Thank you all very much, indeed!

I don't want to start this PC vs Mac debate, not really. I really like Macs, but at the same time I've been a long time PC user so I'm really comfortable with this OS. And in this case, you are right, it is only me who can make the final decision which way to go.

In fact, I was just wondering if a 1 GHz or 1.2 GHz (that's why I said 14 inch) iBook can handle at least 8 tracks of softsynths and quite many effects. Cause that's all I can afford at the moment. If it's not powerful enough, I might need to wait some more until prices go down / speed increases / I earn more.

I now understand that RAM really plays an important role and 256 MB would be insufficient for serious audio work.

Thanks again, and I will be happy to hear if you have anything else to add on this subject! It's amazing how quickly I got so great replies. MacMusic.org is a nice website - I mean it.