 Should I Get A G4 Or G5???, For use with Cubase/Yamaha 01v mixer |
 Thu 10 Jun 2004, 17:02
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I am making the jump from PC to MAC and have a tight budget. I have Cubase and a Yamaha 01v mixer (with fibre optic digital upgrade). I know I want at least 1 Gig RAM, but from a technical AND financial perspective, I don't know what would be better: upgrading a G4 with a soundcard that can handle my mixer, or getting a G5 which can already handle it. So far I've been told that upgrading a G4 would cost almost as much as getting a G5 and I should just pay the extra money and get a G5 with dual drive. Is this true? Money is a serious concern as I am a student, but I also want everything to work properly.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out! Gp |
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Thu 5 Aug 2004, 08:10
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If you get G4 you will end up havng to get a G5 soon afterwards - because all the new software that's coming out really won't run well on a G4. Okay - nothing's future proof - but the G5 will last you much longer. I just upgraded - and - yeah it cost money - but it has already paid dividends. One thing - don't buy memory from Apple - get a standard machine and then go somewhere like http://www.crucial .com - it's much cheaper and just as good. And yes - you'll need at least 1 gb of RAM (actually - you'll probably want to double this). It's a big move - but you won't regret it. -------------------- Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 / 2 x 19" Formac Monitors / Hammerfall Digi 9652 / Mackie d8b / 2.5 gig RAM
iMac G5 1.8 17" / M-Audio 1814 Firewire / Tascam TM-D1000 / 2 gig RAM Lacie Firewire Drives Logic Pro 7 / NI Battery - Guitar Rig - B4 / GMedia MTron / Crystal / LinPlug RMIV / OSX 10.3.6 |
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garyrpeter Should I Get A G4 Or G5??? Thu 10 Jun 2004, 17:02
Mjoshua77 Get the G5, period Fri 11 Jun 2004, 05:17 snow hey gary
on wednesday apple released a new line of... Fri 11 Jun 2004, 07:51 mikenichol The G5 is leaps and bounds ahead of any other PC, ... Tue 3 Aug 2004, 11:49 jessone A dual procesor G5 is like driving a Porsche. It... Wed 4 Aug 2004, 18:21 gdoubleyou If you are using SX2 I would keep it on PC.
I mov... Thu 5 Aug 2004, 19:33 swilder A good rule of thumb is: Figure out how much money... Fri 6 Aug 2004, 01:47 Lord Pasty Eveybody seems to have dropped 2 cents worth so he... Fri 6 Aug 2004, 02:40 swilder One More Thing
The G5 design is much quieter than... Fri 6 Aug 2004, 23:24 Ansen G5 Sat 7 Aug 2004, 09:37 Synthetik DUAL G5 Sun 8 Aug 2004, 00:27 drjimuk How do dual proccessors work? Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:09 jessone Extremely well! Don't mess with outdated t... Tue 10 Aug 2004, 17:49 MrDee a mate of mine is running a yamaha 01v with the ad... Thu 12 Aug 2004, 09:58
tobor G5, don't hesitate Thu 12 Aug 2004, 10:27 |
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