 New Power Mac G4 Line, Improvements worth the money for audio? |
 Mon 9 Sep 2002, 00:13
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Are the improvements worth the money for audio?
Specifically: It seems that there are very good graphics improvements (from what were already exceptional), but budgetwise I don't need better graphics, but rather optimal audio functionality. Also, a couple of questions... 1) The Xserve technology that I think all of the new G4's come with seems to be a server based advantage. I am somewhat of a novice. ...Was Apple trying to design a superpower machine for creative people (like me who wants to dedicate my machine to recording music) and therefore assumed that when you are recording that your machine is functioning as a server as opposed to a home computer? 2) Is the Mac® OS X version 10.2 “Jaguar” designed for tasks such as audio recording? Have there been some good reviews on this yet? 
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Thu 12 Sep 2002, 13:03
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Noisy fans, yep, people have mentioned that a lot. We're not talking loud in terms of Rolls Royce jet engines, but you still wouldn't want to record your vocal standing next to one.
BTW, in the current issue of MacUser (in the UK - macuser.co.uk), they review the dual 867MHz G4 and conclude that it's pretty good, but not significantly faster than a single processor G4. A lot of it probably is Apple simply wanting new machines on the market without any revolutionary performance to offer. Any decent-spec G4 from the last year or so is still going to be an excellent machine for music. |
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salparadise99 New Power Mac G4 Line Mon 9 Sep 2002, 00:13
damann extra power is always useful for audio.
dual pr... Mon 9 Sep 2002, 02:42 rickenbacker I think it's fair to say that Jaguar is ready,... Mon 9 Sep 2002, 12:22 salparadise99 Rickenbacker,
Thanks. Would you say it's oka... Mon 9 Sep 2002, 14:10 rickenbacker If I had £2,000 to spare, I'd definitely sprin... Wed 11 Sep 2002, 12:52 ruggedbeline what about the noisey fans in these new machines.
... Wed 11 Sep 2002, 15:54 salparadise99 wow really?..that's the first that I have hear... Thu 12 Sep 2002, 04:19 salparadise99 I wonder which one is faster is you were to make a... Thu 12 Sep 2002, 17:07 salparadise99 Here's a good one...they say that the fan isn... Thu 12 Sep 2002, 17:20 rickenbacker The MacUser review says the dual is slightly faste... Fri 13 Sep 2002, 11:39 Synthetik To tell you the truth, I can not stand the new G4s... Sat 14 Sep 2002, 10:12 cleft I can attest to the loud fan noise. It's not ... Mon 16 Sep 2002, 23:32 lepetitmartien Yo boys!
I'm having fun chasing cows in t... Fri 20 Sep 2002, 20:56 kevintheinvincible Go for the dual processor man... and get a dual mo... Fri 20 Sep 2002, 21:40 lepetitmartien You've got 2 eyes, 2 ears, you can have 2 scre... Sat 21 Sep 2002, 01:39 damann on this subject, a very rich friend of mine who ow... Mon 23 Sep 2002, 17:52 shahasad Just as an FYI, the CPU's are located in the b... Mon 23 Sep 2002, 21:20 Stuartpa ?? Are people returning the New Mac Dual 1.2Ghz... Tue 24 Sep 2002, 21:45 metachor i've been wondering where you can still buy a ... Tue 24 Sep 2002, 22:24 damann hi stuartpa,
we do exactly the same as you guys wi... Wed 25 Sep 2002, 00:03 lepetitmartien never loose the point that the acctual machines ar... Wed 25 Sep 2002, 03:03 Stuartpa HI Daman thanks for checking this out, it is appre... Wed 25 Sep 2002, 05:24 damann hi stuartpa,
seems like we're in very similar ... Thu 26 Sep 2002, 01:43 idolini Hello Gentlemen,
This would be my first post on th... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 00:33
replicant To those of you who experiencing noise problems wi... Mon 16 Dec 2002, 13:21 |
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