 Is My Powerbook Obsolete? |
  Wed 30 Jun 2004, 02:59
Post
#1
|
|
 Rookie  Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 28-Dec 03 From: Gulfport - US Member No.: 31,952  |
Hi,
I have a PowerBook G4 876Mhz Titanium that I bought in September of last year. I use it with an mbox and PTLE, as well as Reason, Live and a bunch of other audio stuff. My question is this: With Apple releasing new software and new hardware every month, is my PowerBook too old already? Do I need to upgrade if I want to use Logic Express or any of the more powerful plugins? Or is this machine a good one that will serve me for another year or more before it needs to be replaced. I'm seeing all these new G5's and aluminum 'Books and thinking I should've waited a little longer before I bought mine. Whadya think? -------------------- lushbudget productions, ltd.
www.lushbudget.com PowerMac G5 dual 2 Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 160Gb & 200Gb HD's, Apple 20" Cinema Display PowerBook G4 Titanium 867Mhz, 1Gb RAM Digidesign Mbox - Lacie FW 4/800/USB2 160Gb External HD ProTools LE 6.4, Logic Express 7.0.1, Reason 2.5, Live 3, SampleTank 2, Amplitube, Arturia MiniMoog & CS-80V, Waves Musicians Bundle 4.0. [SIZE=1][COLOR=blue][B] |
 |
 
|
 |
Replies
|
Wed 30 Jun 2004, 11:21
Post
#2
|
|
 Rookie Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 17-Feb 04 From: Aarhus C. - DK Member No.: 36,091 |
I bought my 1 Ghz Powerbook in December of last year, and in april they released a 1.33 Ghz model which was a bit cheaper and included an Airport Extreme card.
In a couple of years I'll buy a new one (hopefully a 3 Ghz G5 Powerbook  ) and a few months after that, Apple will release a faster, cheaper model.That's just the way it is with computers, but you can't wait forever. Buy a new computer when you feel that the current one doesn't do the job anymore, and then learn to live with the fact that it won't be the greatest computer in the world forever. After all, the dual 2.5 Ghz G5 will become obsolete one day also. -------------------- electronicmusic.dk
Powerbook G4 1Ghz, 768 MB RAM, OS X 10.3.9, Motu 828 mkII, Behringer BCF2000, Oxygen8 Logic Pro 7.1, Live 4, Max/MSP 4.5, Finale 2005, NI Komplete 2, Waves Musicians 2, T-Racks, Amplitube, CamelSpace |
|
|
|
Posts in this topic
lushbudget Is My Powerbook Obsolete? Wed 30 Jun 2004, 02:59
shaneblyth QUOTE (lushbudget @ Jun 30 2004, 01:59)Hi,
I... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 09:00 gingau There is a point when you have to stop upgrading t... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 14:08 evesapple Short answer: No!
A lot of pro musicians are ... Fri 23 Jul 2004, 13:10 gogmagog i think there comes a time when you have to say to... Sun 25 Jul 2004, 06:13
Djinn I agree with Gog. The sad fact is that the day you... Wed 4 Aug 2004, 20:38 |
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
