Logic 8 (express) On An Upgraded Mac, Compatibility Options

[zaaresh]

Hello everyone ,

why am I thinking so much about NOT leaving my old G4 PCI 400 in the corner and buying some fancy G5 Dual whatever to make production music ? It must be love...

To get to the point: ... for now, I´m planning to upgrade the G4 to 1GHZ (Sonnet Encore) and 1,25 GB RAM , run OS 10.4.x (probably 10.4.9) and install LOGIC 8 Express.

Question: do you think - or know - if that´s gonna work?
I heard about a possible incompatibility of the computer and the software - too much differences in technology / software reading? Would Logic 7 work ?

What worked before was running Logic Pro 6.4 (still under the emagic flag) under OS 9.2 on the G4 400Mhz PCI with 512 RAM - except that plug-ins like Space Designer could not display correctly: still they worked.
Well, I would be really glad if someone could help me with the decision...!

Many thanks ,

Milosz

[midiwife]

Hi there Milosz,

All I'd say is that I've often thrown countless funds at old machines over the years - I just hate to see them become dormant. I've fought with beige cases that tried to resist upgrading and used up many days worth of time. Many of these beasts now live in my attic.
I pretty much exclusively use a fairly new MacBook which runs Logic Studio (Logic 8) very nicely along with just about everything else I use these days. A huge external FW hard drive costs so little these days so it's a bit of a no brainer really.
My big G4 733 MHz machine does my disc burning duties and is handy if I need to retrieve anything from earlier systems but to be honest, it's hardly ever on.
I'd say, spend the money on either a new iMac or Macbook if portability might be an issue. The built in iSight camera for instance is one small addition that has changed the way I work as well.
But do hang onto the old beast and as my pal says, never break up a working system.

Good luck,

midiwife.