Help A Beginner With Logic Express, In need of purchase advice Options

[OneDerBoy]

Perhaps my last post was confusing. I need to know if anyone can tell me what kind of performance to expect from running Logic express on an iBook. If anyone can tell me possible problems or known limitations. I don't intend to record more than 12 tracks per song (one at a time) and even that total will be rare.

Please help. I'm getting a mac for music come hell or high water, but I want to make an informed decision. All I get from store managers is a push to buy a PowerMac. And I would love to someday, but for now I can't bloody afford it. HELP!

Thank you for your time.

[bigyello]

yes u can. an ibook should be enough for that.

keep in mind, however, that ibooks do have dedicated video RAM, instead opting to share system memory. what this will do is bog down ur system when scrolling in place, etc.

i've recently moved to a powerbook from being a PC-er for years, there is a noticible speed difference when moving to a laptop, but the mac interface cant be beat!

when recording audio, ur main concerns are with disk speed and i/o. when editing tracks and using plugins, ur concerns have more to do with processing power and system bandwidth (fsb, etc).

unless u need the portability of a laptop, i would say an imac is better - the g5 is way more powerful and the desktop hard drives spin at a faster rate (7200 rpm vs 5400 rpm). but i LOVE the portability of the powerbook.

and make sure you get the logic 7.1 upgrade. it makes the performance of 7.01 feel like a beta to me.

--bk