Can My Ibook G4 Hack It?, Logic Pro/Express on G4 ibook Options

[justnicola]

Hello there macmusic people hope you had good weekend

I was considering puchasing logic pro to use on my ibook G4 (1.2) (786 ram) OX10.3.9. I'll be recording vocals, guitar as well as using apple loops etc. - prob wont use more than 8 vocal tracks, 8 midi.

Assistant at mac shop said i would have to upgrade to an intel mac, cos' my ibook wouldnt hack it
with current system specs.

What do you say. Im not going to be spending any more money on ram, so basically, do i wait to upgrade (which isnt happening for at least 2 years), keep plodding along with garageband, or use logic pro/express?.

be interested to hear what you think

thanks

justnicola

[mortalengines]

I would assume the assistant is correct....however if you check Logic's site you may be ok. I Know I was looking at Logic with a G4 Powerbook (1.5ghz) & all I had to worry about was getting more RAM as I believe the minimum requirements to run Logic is around 1 gig. However Logic would probably run WAY better on a MacBook Pro for sure & what the hell, you can probably get a year's interest free financing if you buy a macbook loaded with Logic (for what I am assuming would be around 3000 to 3500 bucks...not bad for what amounts to a portable recording studio sans interface). Or just limp along with what you got. Ebay probably has some used G4s that would have enough RAM to hack it as well......