12" Ibook G4 W 1.25 Gb Ram, A workable setup for soft samplers? Options

[jofferman]

Hi everyone,

I'm considering to buy a 12" iBook G4 with maximum ram (1.25 GB) and Logic Express as a replacement for my current setup (an aging PC with 512 MB ram and Logic Silver 4.8).

My main worry is whether or not I will get any decent performance out of my software samplers (most importantly Garritan Personal Orchestra) on such a configuration. I don't mind having to freeze a bunch of tracks if I'm working on a big project (which, in my world, means 20+ tracks), but I do need to be able to run at least a handful of tracks in real-time.

Anyone have any experience with iBooks and soft samplers? I searched the forum a bit, but mostly got "PowerBooks are better than iBooks" - which I'm sure is true. Unfortunately, my budget doesn't really allow for a PB at the mo...

(I could get the 12" PB, but then I'd have to cut on the amount of RAM to stay within budget... more RAM is prolly a better idea )

thx,
Jim.

[jofferman]

Hey,

I've weighed all the cons and pros and decided to go for the 15" PB (1.5 GHz). The iMac G5 is cool too, but not quite as portable as the PB... I may buy one (or a PowerMac) for in the "studio" later, though - that is, when I've saved up enough money again.

Thanks for the suggestions/feedback though!

gr,
Jim.