 Old G4 Too Old? |
 Tue 25 Jul 2006, 22:00
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Howdy everyone. I have been looking for a Mac that I can afford to do some music (and maybe home movies) with a MIDI keyboard and get started with creating a DAW.
My uncle has a very old dual G4 450 mhz that I could buy from him and start using in my home. Is there still software out there that I could use for a long while, is this Mac powerful enough for my recording needs, or is this way too old to really be worth my time? He says it has mac OS X9 currently as the OS. IS that a problem? Where would I start looking to find the software I need to get started with this older machine? Any other tips welcome/appreciated. Thanks for your time. Razor |
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Tue 1 Aug 2006, 12:38
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QUOTE (razor_usmc @ Tue 25 Jul 2006, 21:00)  Howdy everyone. I have been looking for a Mac that I can afford to do some music (and maybe home movies) with a MIDI keyboard and get started with creating a DAW. My uncle has a very old dual G4 450 mhz that I could buy from him and start using in my home. Is there still software out there that I could use for a long while, is this Mac powerful enough for my recording needs, or is this way too old to really be worth my time? He says it has mac OS X9 currently as the OS. IS that a problem? Where would I start looking to find the software I need to get started with this older machine? Any other tips welcome/appreciated. Thanks for your time. Razor You really need osx and os9 on the same machine, as when you add to your audio plugins some are available in osx only, sticking with os9 will reduce your choice slightly. I have a dvd full of osx software and pluggins for sale. If your worried about the computer not being powerfull enough, use a dsp card. This will take the load off the computer, TC Powercore,UAD etc. Or protools MIx24 if you have the dosh. Cheers www.akorecords.com |
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 Tue 1 Aug 2006, 18:12
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 05-May 05 From: London - UK Member No.: 65,271 |
QUOTE "I have a dvd full of osx software and pluggins for sale." is this all software and plugins you've developed? Or are you actually selling ...? There is so much stuff available for free and I find it very dubious when anyone sells collections of software. S |
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razor_usmc Old G4 Too Old? Tue 25 Jul 2006, 22:00
ronaldl Razor,
There are lots of options, but if you get ... Wed 26 Jul 2006, 03:29 jeffty Yeah, that one is getting a little long in the too... Wed 26 Jul 2006, 23:05
ptilou QUOTE (jeffty @ jeu 27 jui 2006, 00:05) F... Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:33 mortalengines I would second the prior post though the review I ... Thu 27 Jul 2006, 02:39 razor_usmc QUOTE (mortalengines @ Wed 26 Jul 2006, 18... Mon 31 Jul 2006, 19:38 Jim Hoyland A good starting place is:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.... Tue 1 Aug 2006, 09:57 MadDonna There is however a small thing everybody overlooks... Wed 2 Aug 2006, 00:16 |
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