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 Wed 19 Jan 2005, 01:10
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-Jan 05 From: Ramat Hasharon - IL Member No.: 58,740  |
hellllo...
 i'm very very new to mac, infact i don't know anything about them, only that i want one... now i've been using PC all my life and i want to move into mac. This MAC mini sounds nice, and can fit to my budget, i can't afford much... now, so far i've been using sonar (which means now i'll be moving into D. Performer woohooo!) for film scoring and mainly MIDI productions, not dealing with audio that much. ok sorry for saying that much, the question is - i can afford the MAC mini 1.42, i'll add a pc2700 1 GB and a 160GB 7200 (8 cache) FIREWIRE hdd... which means it'll be (in here) about - 1395$ more or less... is it worth it? will it be strong enough for, lets say - loading a full orchestra (heavy samples) into kontakt? well you get my point... it's worth it? i havn't got a clue in mac, none! hehehe please... any1 thanks, Yoav
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Wed 19 Jan 2005, 10:11
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-Jan 05 From: Ramat Hasharon - IL Member No.: 58,740 |
well... first thanks for the reply
second, that all depends on what we take as serious, i mean, i don't sample stuff (instruments etc.) i use AKAI and GIGA samples which loads with kontakt and that's it, plus plugins for fx and compression etc (which can be quite a few sometimes - but not THAT much), my VST instruments use is not massive, trilogy sometimes... few moogs (all the plugins and VST instruments are all software - vsts i mean, nothing is external except for the controller and the mixer). so since i havn't got much money, and the whole thing as i said should cost me around 1200-1300$ in here (look at the first post), is it worth it? -> MAC mini 1.42 + 160GB FIREWIRE + 1GB RAM? for MIDI based productions - AKAI and GIGA samples? well, on my current PC, i run with 1GB of ram and i get good results, but still... i want more, and i heard mac can make more out of the CPU and the MEMORY... so what i'm asking (again) is, is it worth "upgrading" or moving into mac mini with the features i mentiond from my P4 2.4, 1GB RAM? thanks again, waiting for reply
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pinnocio Mini Mac - I Really Need Your Help Wed 19 Jan 2005, 01:10
lepetitmartien If you want to use heavy virtual synth (sampler in... Wed 19 Jan 2005, 07:25 Bossnikon Hey,
just my .02$.....I just recieved m... Sun 23 Jan 2005, 01:34 lepetitmartien pinnocio, maybe you'll stress the bounce optio... Sun 23 Jan 2005, 03:29 shaneblyth I did the same but with a powerbook about 6 months... Sun 23 Jan 2005, 06:37 pinnocio thanks alot guys
now i'm just sitting and wai... Sun 23 Jan 2005, 09:50 sebalto I bought my mac-mini this morning and changed the ... Mon 28 Feb 2005, 21:40 mpcmaniac I have to agree the mac mini is a great deal.. I g... Mon 28 Feb 2005, 22:49
Bossnikon I would have to agree....see my post as well..ive ... Tue 1 Mar 2005, 00:38 |
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