600mhz Ibook, what can I expect from one? |
Tue 3 Jun 2003, 21:50
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 03-May 03 From: Seattle - US Member No.: 17,182 |
I am looking at laptops to bring stuff to rehersals. I am really not impressed by the cheasy PC notebooks out there. The hardware can be a joke.
I had an iMac 33mhz and was always struggling with how slow it was. So I'm kinda worried about stepping into the sub-gig world of processors. But am hoping OSX makes up for it. I plan on using Ableton modestly, as well as some sort of replacment for Fruity Loops to assemble loops. What can I expect in terms of preformance? |
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Thu 12 Jun 2003, 03:06
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 11-May 03 From: Houston - US Member No.: 17,683 |
congrats on the ibook...but i wanted to remind you about the ability to daisychain firewire devices before you settle on a usb box just to free up your firewire port...the new 828 that is coming out has two firewire ports so it can go anywhere in a chain of firewire devices, and the old ones can function in a chain as long as they are the first device in the chain.
any advice on running reason effectively on an ibook would be greatly appreciated. granted, simple operations work fine but i wanna really start getting crazy with that new reverb unit and vocorder! Viva the ibook (i'm writing this from it)...i guess. let's restore my faith in it one post at a time. |
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ottoasamotto 600mhz Ibook Tue 3 Jun 2003, 21:50
rickenbacker Ableton Live is VERY power hungry. A 600MHz iBook ... Wed 4 Jun 2003, 10:06
Synthetic as stated... its not always the CPU that slows you... Wed 4 Jun 2003, 16:21
squibcake i've got the 600 mHz ibook machine and i have ... Wed 11 Jun 2003, 02:05
ottoasamotto ahhh..too late. got a 500mhz iBook w/ combo drive... Wed 11 Jun 2003, 17:35
Harvest something must be wrong with your machine. i have ... Wed 11 Jun 2003, 21:23
rickenbacker I don't know about this "Pro Tools is the... Wed 11 Jun 2003, 22:09
Synthetic QUOTE (rickenbacker @ Jun 11 2003, 15:09)I do... Thu 12 Jun 2003, 00:27
ottoasamotto so can i daisychain a fast hard-drive AND an 828? Wed 18 Jun 2003, 00:58
squibcake yup. so long as the firewire cable runs out of th... Thu 19 Jun 2003, 20:58
rickenbacker Ableton Live is VERY power hungry. A 600MHz iBook ... Wed 4 Jun 2003, 10:06
Synthetic as stated... its not always the CPU that slows you... Wed 4 Jun 2003, 16:21
squibcake i've got the 600 mHz ibook machine and i have ... Wed 11 Jun 2003, 02:05
ottoasamotto ahhh..too late. got a 500mhz iBook w/ combo drive... Wed 11 Jun 2003, 17:35
Harvest something must be wrong with your machine. i have ... Wed 11 Jun 2003, 21:23
rickenbacker I don't know about this "Pro Tools is the... Wed 11 Jun 2003, 22:09
Synthetic QUOTE (rickenbacker @ Jun 11 2003, 15:09)I do... Thu 12 Jun 2003, 00:27
ottoasamotto so can i daisychain a fast hard-drive AND an 828? Wed 18 Jun 2003, 00:58
squibcake yup. so long as the firewire cable runs out of th... Thu 19 Jun 2003, 20:58
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