iBook or G4 Powerbook, Which one to get? |
Tue 21 May 2002, 09:13
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Hello.
I'm going to sell my G3 Powerbook (333Mhz) and buy a more powerful laptop. The problem is that I can't decide if I should buy a 600Mhz G3 iBook or a 550Mhz G4 Titanium. The Powerbook is just slightly more expensive but the iBook comes with a combo drive... I use Logic Audio Platinum 4.81 and record quite a lot of audio. I want to get the Titanium because it has got a G4 processor but does that really make up for the cheaper price+CDRW?? Thanks, Mikael |
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Thu 11 Jul 2002, 17:14
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the altivec and bus speed issues were two of my original points.
according to a macworld review, a 600mhz g4 will be 20% faster than a 600mhz g3. according to the same article ibooks are aimed at... "most consumers' main activities of web browsing, email, word processing and light digital photography. those applications that require super-fast performance-pro-level video editing, music and multimedia-are better suited to the powerbook." the system buss on a g4 powerbook is 133mhz on the latest machines, 100mhz on the older models. the system buss on the new ibooks is 100mhz, 66mhz on the older models. regarding interfaces. the emagic emi 2/6 for audio and mt4 for midi would be the smart choice if you're using logic. if you want something combined, i've heard good things about swissonic. hey mummy! the idea with reverbs is that you put one or two of them onto returns and buss tracks that you want reverb on to them, no need to put reverbs on track channels. finally, in my count of 30 plugins, between 6 to 10 of these will be vsti's. happy hunting. -------------------- one for all and all for one...
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mikaelx iBook or G4 Powerbook Tue 21 May 2002, 09:13
mick000 hello, I am also thinking about buying a powerboo... Sun 23 Jun 2002, 19:26
damann hi guys, you really should read my post in the 'se... Mon 24 Jun 2002, 04:10
Synthetic Good idea to follow when buying computers.... alwa... Mon 24 Jun 2002, 21:53
lepetitmartien Also as new things (no, not G5 should show up in ... Tue 25 Jun 2002, 01:59
Synthetic can you imagine how cool it must be to work as a d... Tue 25 Jun 2002, 03:24
Timm What do you think is coming in July??? What promo... Tue 25 Jun 2002, 12:59
lepetitmartien G4 ++ are coming, but that's all we know…(faster, ... Tue 25 Jun 2002, 23:26
damann thanks lepetitmartien, G5! is coming soon, it's po... Wed 26 Jun 2002, 04:00
Catmixer OK, now I'm confused... In a discusion later o... Tue 9 Jul 2002, 08:34
damann i regularly use about 30 vst plugins. i certainly ... Tue 9 Jul 2002, 22:49
Catmixer I'm actually more concerned about VST instrume... Wed 10 Jul 2002, 00:01
Login I thought it was about the bus speed that determi... Wed 10 Jul 2002, 06:26
mummy I think even the slowest of the current TiBooks or... Thu 11 Jul 2002, 15:12
Catmixer Hi Dammann Could you recomend a specific model of ... Fri 12 Jul 2002, 23:59
damann hi Catmixer! s^*t, i got it wrong with the s... Sat 13 Jul 2002, 02:28
rikibacardi have a powerbook 667 titanium - most unreliable ma... Sat 13 Jul 2002, 15:19
evesapple I'm in the same boat. Trying to decide between... Sat 13 Jul 2002, 17:23
filarion Superdrive iMac probably is the best bet. I own th... Sun 14 Jul 2002, 08:42
damann i should make the point here that i don't use ... Sun 14 Jul 2002, 15:19
mick000 hello, I am also thinking about buying a powerboo... Sun 23 Jun 2002, 19:26
damann hi guys, you really should read my post in the 'se... Mon 24 Jun 2002, 04:10
Synthetic Good idea to follow when buying computers.... alwa... Mon 24 Jun 2002, 21:53
lepetitmartien Also as new things (no, not G5 should show up in ... Tue 25 Jun 2002, 01:59
Synthetic can you imagine how cool it must be to work as a d... Tue 25 Jun 2002, 03:24
Timm What do you think is coming in July??? What promo... Tue 25 Jun 2002, 12:59
lepetitmartien G4 ++ are coming, but that's all we know…(faster, ... Tue 25 Jun 2002, 23:26
damann thanks lepetitmartien, G5! is coming soon, it's po... Wed 26 Jun 2002, 04:00
Catmixer OK, now I'm confused... In a discusion later o... Tue 9 Jul 2002, 08:34
damann i regularly use about 30 vst plugins. i certainly ... Tue 9 Jul 2002, 22:49
Catmixer I'm actually more concerned about VST instrume... Wed 10 Jul 2002, 00:01
Login I thought it was about the bus speed that determi... Wed 10 Jul 2002, 06:26
mummy I think even the slowest of the current TiBooks or... Thu 11 Jul 2002, 15:12
Catmixer Hi Dammann Could you recomend a specific model of ... Fri 12 Jul 2002, 23:59
damann hi Catmixer! s^*t, i got it wrong with the s... Sat 13 Jul 2002, 02:28
rikibacardi have a powerbook 667 titanium - most unreliable ma... Sat 13 Jul 2002, 15:19
evesapple I'm in the same boat. Trying to decide between... Sat 13 Jul 2002, 17:23
filarion Superdrive iMac probably is the best bet. I own th... Sun 14 Jul 2002, 08:42
damann i should make the point here that i don't use ... Sun 14 Jul 2002, 15:19
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