Strictly Newbie, need advice Options

[Skive31]

Hi, thats my first topic in this forum and i would to ask you some questions about mac.I am a prospective mac user and its hard for me to decide whether to choose a desktop(powermac) or a laptop(powerbook).I am facing this problem cause i'll be away from home many months the next years(because of my studies), so i should take a laptop but many people tell me that the difference between a powerbook and a powermac its huge.For years i produce in cubase, loading many vst effects and plug-ins but always facing problems like crashing and other pc stuf.Will a powerbook with a good audio card do this for me without crashing and stuff?or i should choose a powermac?

Please give me some advice i am amateur 100%
Thanks

[B3 Basher]

What sequencer will you be using?
What are the reasons you might not buy a PowerMac?
What's your Budget?
Will you be monitoring on Headphones?
Do you have a sound interface already?
What outboard/hardware do you own?
What software?
What type of music will you write?

Answer these and the advice will flow.....

[Skive31]

After a little research that i made i think that logic will be the best sequencer for me.The reasons for not bying a powemac is that i am not gonna be able to take it with me back in greece cause i'll start my studies in uk on september and i cant stand like..4-5 months per year without music.I have no problem with the budget.I'll be monitoring on some tanoy reveal active or on event tr8.nah i dont have a sound interface.i own just a midi keyboard and an audio card(emu 0404).Software -> cubase and flstudio.Hiphop mostly.

[ourmanflinty]

IF you can afford them Powerbooks are great, so flexible, expandable, portable. You'll need an external drive and max it out with RAM but you'll never look back. You can have an extra screen at home so that you can get dual screen action ( it can handle two screens ). Try to use the PCMCIA slot to expand with extra firewire, SCSI or USB or an interface or PCI slots so you don't run out of ports on the back panel.

Con...32 bit not 64 so a big drop in plug in power....the same speed 64 bit machine will do approx 3 or 4 times as much plug in processing as a 32 bit machine. Desktops can take much more RAM for your samples.Screensize can be an issue on the smaller powerbooks.

A g5 imac is almost portable as long as ytou're always near a power point

[gdoubleyou]

I have a 1GHz Powerbook, most of my sessions are 32-48 24bit stereo tracks, using virtual synths exclusively. No problems.

Logic has a freeze function, that will render an audio file for any given track, and release the cpu load of the effects and insturments.

[Skive31]

I really owe you all you guys.I would like to ask you one last thing, i use midi 99% in my music and i think emu0404 is a very good audio card to handle my midi sessions without problems.Is logic gonna work cool with emu0404?

Thanks again

[gdoubleyou]

No, the EMU is PC only.

[Skive31]

hm...can you suggest something good for mac?