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 Music Editing: Mac Mini Or Imac G5 ?, what choice shall I make.. |
 Thu 8 Sep 2005, 13:38
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Hello!
I am buying my second mac after in 11 years, and want to make electronic music with 6 to 16 tracks. I want to produce music, so where do I start. Is it useless to buy a mac mini ? Or can i still make music on that, as long as I do not use much samples. I plan to have only the Grand 2 plus recording real synthesizers with a firewire card. I plan a external firedisk with a hub also. So... how far will a mac mini bring me. I am thinking of Mac mini 1,25 plus Superdrive Buy extra Kingston RAM, and sell the old 512. Or.. lowest imac 1,8 G5. And wait 2 more months.. |
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Thu 8 Sep 2005, 22:34
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Since the iMac 1,8 G5 is a more modern powerful computer - you should be
able to push it a lot harder. VI:s (MOTU MX-4 as an example ) and convolution reverbs are very processor intensive. A mac mini wont handle much of that, but will do nicely if you keep things simple. In any case get lots of ram 1GB minimum. Cheers: Dixiechicken -------------------- ==================
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Thu 15 Sep 2005, 09:18
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 17-Mar 05 From: Houston - US Member No.: 62,555 |
I would agree with the iMac, but for other reasons.
iMac G5 Advantages: 1. higher RAM capacity (2 Gigs) 2. faster main buss 3. conventional hard drives are bigger, faster and cheaper (MacMini uses a notebook drive) 4. no need for a Firewire hub, with multiple ports, you should have any daisy chain problems |
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Mon 3 Oct 2005, 04:34
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Rookie  Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 29-Nov 04 From: Victoria - CA Member No.: 55,783 |
Go with the iMac G5 you won't regret it
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Thu 6 Oct 2005, 12:20
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 24-Jul 05 From: - NO Member No.: 68,095 |
QUOTE (CanadaRAM @ Oct 3 2005, 03:34) Go with the iMac G5 you won't regret it I went for a Imac G5, last model (february 2005) with 1gb RAM. And it is like walking into a dream or a science fiction movie. Everything just works... And it looks criminally delicious. I am just sayin to all you people out there. If you only have money for a mac mini, buy a used imac G5, it is much more worth the money. h |
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