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  dim. 16 sept. 2007, 20:05
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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. |
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jeu. 20 sept. 2007, 06:08
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JonRaven...
Sorry for any confusion. When hahaworld first purchased the Quad, I'm not sure of how long ago it was, whenever the Quad was first introduced, year and a half ago, can't remember, however, I do have a copy of the SOS (Sound On Sound) Review. Most "New" machines have bugs to work out... The SOS Review I mentioned, was when the Quad was first introduced... I followed hahaworld's Posts and he had heaps of problems, Macintosh has obviously lifted their game and fixed "things". I don't understand, or have time to learn the Technical ins and outs, I'm a musician and still trying to understand music, I really don't care about specs as long as the gear works. I have a G5 Dual 2GHz and it has functioned flawlessly for several years, I did have to replace the CD/DVD Player. |
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jeu. 20 sept. 2007, 15:30
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After my little test on the company quad intel with it's maxed ram... and after all this research... i think i would be better off staying away from the new intels altogether and find myself a dual g5 2.5 and max the ram in it. I know it wont be the newest and greatest but I have tonnes of reports of people doing tonnes of work on that type of machine and having way less issues then with the people I have talked to who spent similar money but got a intel quad.
Thanks to all for your help. I will keep you posted. QUOTE (Mac Daddy @ Thu 20 Sep 2007, 00:08)  JonRaven...
Sorry for any confusion. When hahaworld first purchased the Quad, I'm not sure of how long ago it was, whenever the Quad was first introduced, year and a half ago, can't remember, however, I do have a copy of the SOS (Sound On Sound) Review. Most "New" machines have bugs to work out... The SOS Review I mentioned, was when the Quad was first introduced... I followed hahaworld's Posts and he had heaps of problems, Macintosh has obviously lifted their game and fixed "things". I don't understand, or have time to learn the Technical ins and outs, I'm a musician and still trying to understand music, I really don't care about specs as long as the gear works. I have a G5 Dual 2GHz and it has functioned flawlessly for several years, I did have to replace the CD/DVD Player. |
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JonRaven What Mac To Buy? dim. 16 sept. 2007, 20:05
ironhead well a dual power mac g5 not an imac can of cours... lun. 17 sept. 2007, 05:30
JonRaven Hello there and thank you for replying with your t... lun. 17 sept. 2007, 15:25 hahaworld Hello, friend!
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... ven. 21 sept. 2007, 14:46 lepetitmartien Quads are the last G5, 4 cores, liquid cooling.
G... ven. 21 sept. 2007, 16:43 JonRaven Yes I understand that there was amac g5 quad and a... ven. 21 sept. 2007, 17:05 Jim Hoyland We have 8 dual G5s and 7 MacPros running in variou... sam. 22 sept. 2007, 11:57 lepetitmartien Thanks Jim, more mac pro input than I've heard... dim. 23 sept. 2007, 03:28 JonRaven Yes this is a grreat posting reply Jim. Thanks so... dim. 23 sept. 2007, 06:55 Mac Daddy Jim Hoyland,
I knew there was a reason I liked yo... dim. 23 sept. 2007, 14:56 JonRaven ok so now that I know i want a dual g5 2.5 machine... dim. 23 sept. 2007, 19:59 lepetitmartien errhhhhhh
Maybe some reading over the G5 family w... lun. 24 sept. 2007, 04:28 Mac Daddy lepetitmartien.... "errhhhhhh. Maybe some rea... lun. 24 sept. 2007, 08:31 JonRaven in that case... merci lun. 24 sept. 2007, 14:17 lepetitmartien I point the solution to cover the basics and more,... mar. 25 sept. 2007, 02:56 JonRaven tres' bien, merci
I look very forward to hear... mar. 25 sept. 2007, 03:04 lepetitmartien Well, no Leopard, no iPhone, no keynote, not very ... mar. 25 sept. 2007, 22:57 mishmashmole I have seen referrals to this thread when people a... mer. 26 sept. 2007, 12:57 mortalengines Go ahead and upgrade to Live 6. I did and I have... jeu. 27 sept. 2007, 04:55 mishmashmole Wow, it's nice to know someone out there has t... jeu. 27 sept. 2007, 09:36 lepetitmartien Ttt G5 are either mono, MP or dual cores, with the... mer. 10 oct. 2007, 23:58 JonRaven thank you so very much for your collective help.
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... jeu. 11 oct. 2007, 13:54 lepetitmartien Yeah cool deal you got! the most important is ... ven. 12 oct. 2007, 14:18 JonRaven Yeah i feel i got an amazing deal as well. And it... sam. 13 oct. 2007, 11:30 hahaworld Hello, everyone!
HaHaWorld here. I'm the ... ven. 26 oct. 2007, 22:25 lepetitmartien 512 MB of RAM is a laugh, OS X to start being aliv... ven. 26 oct. 2007, 23:25 rcross73 And actually, your dual-core 2.66 Intel machine? ... sam. 27 oct. 2007, 15:16 hahaworld Thanks for the good words, friends! I'm pi... sam. 27 oct. 2007, 15:41 Mac Daddy hahaworld,
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