Powerbook 1.67 Vs Pm 2.0dp, For Normal Daw Use??!!, Is there a huge difference for lightuse? Options

[Metalflkk]

Hi,
I'm a student and I would like to get a computer for continuing DAW work and study, mostly electronic-type music (ie. no major band/live multi i/o recording.) My ultimate dream of course is to make something that sounds vaguely reminiscent of 'Pretty Hate Machine' era stuff, so would the G5 give me a noticeable advantage to this end? Is the PB fine for this (its portability would be really nice as a student! But I need a comp with some longevity [2-4 years] too!...)??

Sorry to make this too longwinded, so please feel free to skip the details of my situation if you like!
[...but (to explain) I am sitting on the fence between a 17"PB G4 and a PM G5 dual. I have sold all my former hardware in the hopes of using just a comp and a Virus, (possibly also a Micron or MC505) to make music, but is it stupid to think that the G5's power will be wasted for what I want to do? I have had terrible experiences with Reaktor so far so I don't want to use softsynths in OSX anyway, so would there really be that much of a reason to choose the G5DP over the G4, given the later's portability? Also, I may have access to a PTLE/G5 system for parts of the summer anyway for mastering/ect. though not during the school year so maybe that is a factor also.]

What do you think, for doing 'normal' work in Logic 6 is the Powerbook's performance noticeably laggy? Is it fine to record and sequence with a couple of hardware synths? What about the need for a secondary disk to record on, is that a problem (given I will probably get a FW Audio-interface?)? What about live performance, especially with Live4, is it 'up to par'? Experiences, opinions?!? I am going a bit crazy being unable to decide...

This post has been edited by Metalflkk: Thu 17 Feb 2005, 06:04

[minehead]

My Man, you must have a G5...get any G5 over a PB or older Dual G4, I have had both, you will need a single or dual G5, a min of 1 GB RAM, get 2-4 if possible, the stock 160 GB HDD and a 200-300 external HDD. I have an external Dual Layer Burner also as a backup to the superdrive...it rips an 8 gig DVD in 17min...the IOMEGA...not the superdrive...SD=SLOW !!

Logic 6 is OVER !! Get the Express 7 if you can't get the Big Daddy. At least you will have the new GUI that is going to make your life much easier...might as well get used to it...Also get Komplete 2 for the finest soft synths on the market....I have spent the last 18 months perfecting my system, I have it loaded and I can tell you that you WILL be very disappointed if you go with anything less than $3000-4000 of just hardware !! You'll be mixing your masterpiece, and it will crap out guaranteed if you don't have at least a G5 w/1 GB RAM...and 160 HDD...if you do any serious video, get a dual, don't settle for less...wait if you have to. I couldn't even mix 8 tracks of audio w/plugins on an eMac(G4 vers) w/DP4.12 ...get a G5 Sing or Dual, MANDATORY !