Machine Opinion, Will a power book have enough power? Options

[cmoody29]

I'm getting ready to upgrade from a B/W G3 350. I would like to run Reason 2.0 and Cubase SX w/ Rewire (OS X). I'm debating between a dual 1.25 Mac and an 876 mhz or 1 gig Powerbook. Has anyone worked with either of these setups? I'm thinking about going portable because we have a baby on the way and I don't want to be making a lot of noise at home (I have about 3 hours to kill between shows on my gig and it would be great to get some work done.)

Thanks for any input.

[rickenbacker]

I'll just mention that you can still get 1.25 DP Macs that boot into OS 9. They cost a little more, but if you think you might want the safety net of being able to boot into OS 9 sometimes they might be worth a look.

Not that Apple make them easy to find: you have to go to the Apple Store and select the PowerMacs link, so you get the page with the four latest models on. Then in the top-right-hand corner is a link that says "OS 9 systems". Click that and you get a choice of two machines: the devil is in the detail, but in some respects they're better specced than the equivalent OS X-only machines.