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[Dandy]

Are there any impartial MAC users who also use a PC or AC in line with your music development? Keep in mind that I have been a MAC user since he start of the revolution back in 85, 1985 that is. This yank reads FM, Music Tech and a few others that come from across the pond and plenty of PC appears to be out there. Carillion has a great program going for themselves with Turnkey systems in AC ( Audio Computer). Anyone who has experience with this AC system , well, please comment.
I am expanding the horizon one more step. Using only software so far with my Edirol PCR 30. No other hardware yet.
Software: Reason, Recycle, Strom. Strom is notoriously slow with my G3 iMac.On the G4 Powerbook Storm is much better but really eats up the % of processor quickly. Reason seems to run just fine in either Mac ,and Recycle will not run in OSX ( yucks and more yucks).
Carillion has made a move to the colonies and their website is awsome. But I don't know where to begin. . The turnkey system is catching my eye. My interests varies but leans towards 60's thru 70's rock.
Is the Carillon AC a good next step? Or would another G4 dual processor with loaded ram( 1.0+) and two hard drives. The new iMac with 17" or 20" screen is attracting me as well as dual G4's with a 20" monitor. Other than the IMac everything else is leaning towards $3 G's.

[metavurt]

Dandy...

Can I make a suggestion? In a Mac community, don't use "MAC" to refer to the computers. MAC stands for Media Access Control address. Mac is short for Macintosh. See: definition.

Also, Recycle WILL soon run on Mac OS X: ReCycle 2.1 FAQ.

Honestly, don't know about Carillion... can't help you there.

On the purchasing of new Macs, listen, although the iMac may look pretty, and have the specs you need to run your setup, in the long haul, ANY desktop will be more worth your money. I've got a 3 or 4 year old G3 that I still use as my main home computer (not for music, though I *could*) and the only reason is because we've been able to upgrade the drive size and the RAM considerably over the years. Coupled with a 15" flat screen and we're good for another year or so.

If you purchase a low-end G5, which is comparable to a dual-G4, you *should* get at least three solid years of good work out of it. Also, it will allow you to expand much more easily than an iMac will.

I do *not* suggest continuing on the path of the G4 because Apple will be gearing everything to run on the G5, and if you do research on the differences between the chips, you'll understand why you'd be shorting yourself if you bought the G4.

Hope any of that helps....

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