 Want To Buy My First Mac... Don't Know What I Need, trying to solve ignorance |
 Sat 13 Sep 2003, 21:40
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well... i need some major help. i have been making music on my piece of crap pc for a couple of years. it is really slow, so i don't have many options as to what i can run on it. anyway... i'm looking to get serious about the whole music making thing and know that MAC is the way to go. i know some basics of what i want, but don't know enough about macs or making REAL music using REAL equiptment. so... on to what i know i want:
g4 laptop 12" or 15" -i need a separate hard drive for my music. my wife intends to use this as her computer for her job too. i know ABOUT firewire, but don't know anything about it. i do know that i can only get firewire 400 on the 12 and 15". i have some synths, a 12 track mixer, a drum machine that i will adding to (of course) and would like to get to start really using them. anyway, i don't know what's available as far as specs go or what i want/need to get in order to sucessfully create music. so, as you can see... i need a lot of help here. i would like to make this purchase sooner than later and really appreciate your time. thanks |
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Mon 15 Sep 2003, 07:47
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Junior Member  Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 13-Sep 03 From: - US Member No.: 24,676 |
sorry for writing such a long post and sorry if it sounds antagonistic at all.
i used to own only macs and now i have a mac desktop and a pc laptop and i'm amazed at how much faster and more affordable pc laptops are- even the better known brands which cost more. lots of pc laptops have firewire or usb2 as well, so you're soundcard needs would still be pretty much the same. good luck! -------------------- Kit: Dual Ghz G4, Vaio 2.6ghz GRV670 notebook. Software: Reaktor, Reason, Ableton Live. Leanings: Laptop performance, jazz guitar, singing.
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impl0dr Want To Buy My First Mac... Don't Know What I Need Sat 13 Sep 2003, 21:40
boze hi implodr-
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I understand that you are just st... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 03:48 boze thx for being diplomatic, gs94- i appreciate it.
... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 07:14 greatscott94 Hi Boze
I'm apologize for being defensive. I ... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 08:14 greatscott94 Hello impl0dr
What I would recommend (not knowing... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 08:50 magness Hi Boze
I'm a new forum contributor, but by n... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 10:41 boze i appreciate you trying to be light-hearted, but i... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 16:48 dixiechicken I'm not particularly interested in swaying peo... Fri 19 Sep 2003, 00:12 boze jeez, i'm getting outflanked on the left here.... Fri 19 Sep 2003, 02:34 dixiechicken I'll agree with you that the powerbooks are ov... Fri 19 Sep 2003, 08:30
boze thx gs-
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