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mechcon
post Thu 9 Nov 2006, 03:50
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So I currently have a powerbook G4 and mainly I use Live 6 and Reason 3.

and I'm looking at getting (preferably) an iMac as there's already a screen with it, and I have a spare dell 2407 24" widescreen monitor... so...

would an iMac be suffice for audio work for years to come? (As I said, I use Live and Reason 3, both are universal, as well as Audacity, SoundConverter, and Soundtrack)

or would it be overkill, and I should get a mac mini pimped out? or perhaps spend a bit extra and get a mac pro?

Im sure I wouldn't need THAT much more power (as i do all my work at the moment on the g4 powerbook)

I dont know... suggestions? thoughts? opinions? anyone with a 24" imac out there? smile.gif
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JoshuaDrums
post Thu 9 Nov 2006, 06:07
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I can handle quite a bit in pro tools and I have an Imac g5- my system only starts to geek out when using really intensive stuff multiple times- like guitar rig- but as far as normal plugins I can usually run 25 to 30 without slowdown. If you are just doing Live and Reason, I would think that an Imac would be more than capable- especially the new intel that is suppose to run at twice the speeds of my G5- thats my opinion at least- good luck

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QUOTE (mechcon @ Wed 8 Nov 2006, 21:50) *
So I currently have a powerbook G4 and mainly I use Live 6 and Reason 3.

and I'm looking at getting (preferably) an iMac as there's already a screen with it, and I have a spare dell 2407 24" widescreen monitor... so...

would an iMac be suffice for audio work for years to come? (As I said, I use Live and Reason 3, both are universal, as well as Audacity, SoundConverter, and Soundtrack)

or would it be overkill, and I should get a mac mini pimped out? or perhaps spend a bit extra and get a mac pro?

Im sure I wouldn't need THAT much more power (as i do all my work at the moment on the g4 powerbook)

I dont know... suggestions? thoughts? opinions? anyone with a 24" imac out there? smile.gif
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mechcon
post Thu 9 Nov 2006, 23:37
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awesome! cheers for the input smile.gif
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Lord Pasty
post Fri 8 Dec 2006, 05:25
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I had kind of a similar question... I have an iMac G5 1.8GHz... running Reason 2.5 (will soon be 3) and Logic Pro 7. I'm looking at the 24" iMac with maybe the 2.33GHz Intel (LOVE the fact that they put a firewire 800 on that thing)... anybody using this with a lot of soft synths that can give me an idea of performance. I've been pretty darn successful with the current one, so I'm assuming the performance is fairly awesome?

Of course, I've been reading some problems with the new core duos on this site, so... it's got me a little worried. tongue.gif
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mechcon
post Fri 8 Dec 2006, 05:28
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ended up getting a 24" imac core2duo 2.16GHz 2gb ram, 256mb geforce 7600gt, etc etc.

Live and Reason screams smile.gif
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post Fri 8 Dec 2006, 08:44
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QUOTE (mechcon @ Thu 7 Dec 2006, 23:28) *
ended up getting a 24" imac core2duo 2.16GHz 2gb ram, 256mb geforce 7600gt, etc etc.

Live and Reason screams smile.gif



Thats awesome- thats a nice system- congrats
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lepetitmartien
post Fri 8 Dec 2006, 17:58
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I've installed at someone's place this very imac, it's awesome smile.gif

Big, bold and furious. nice screen smile.gif


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post Sat 16 Dec 2006, 15:17
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Is the Intel based iMac quieter than the G5 was? That's my only real bitch about my current computer. I remember my little G4 being quiet as a mouse, but this G5 is a bit surly.
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post Sat 16 Dec 2006, 16:53
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I heard the fan, but I can't tell you if it's louder/quieter than the G5… The imac G5 I've met some time ago ddn't seem to be noisy at all. Maybe by checking out the tech documentation on both models? It's available on the Apple website. You should have figures of how loud it it idle at least.


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post Sun 17 Dec 2006, 05:03
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the imac (24" one at least) is very very quiet, hell the external drive that i have (hdd spinning) is louder tongue.gif
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