 Is My Powerbook Obsolete? |
  Wed 30 Jun 2004, 02:59
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Hi,
I have a PowerBook G4 876Mhz Titanium that I bought in September of last year. I use it with an mbox and PTLE, as well as Reason, Live and a bunch of other audio stuff. My question is this: With Apple releasing new software and new hardware every month, is my PowerBook too old already? Do I need to upgrade if I want to use Logic Express or any of the more powerful plugins? Or is this machine a good one that will serve me for another year or more before it needs to be replaced. I'm seeing all these new G5's and aluminum 'Books and thinking I should've waited a little longer before I bought mine. Whadya think? -------------------- lushbudget productions, ltd.
www.lushbudget.com PowerMac G5 dual 2 Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 160Gb & 200Gb HD's, Apple 20" Cinema Display PowerBook G4 Titanium 867Mhz, 1Gb RAM Digidesign Mbox - Lacie FW 4/800/USB2 160Gb External HD ProTools LE 6.4, Logic Express 7.0.1, Reason 2.5, Live 3, SampleTank 2, Amplitube, Arturia MiniMoog & CS-80V, Waves Musicians Bundle 4.0. [SIZE=1][COLOR=blue][B] |
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 Wed 4 Aug 2004, 20:38
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 04-Aug 04 From: Rocklin - US Member No.: 48,225 |
I agree with Gog. The sad fact is that the day you buy your computer, it is obsolete. That's the way of the industry. The fact is we buy these things to make music. That is the most important thing.
The questions I have are, 1) Does your Mac do the job its suppose to do without problems? 2) Are you happy with the quality of your productions (ie. the way your computer processes reason, or pt, or live)? If your happy with the processing, and it does the job, why would you want to trade up? If it doesn't, try configuring it differently, or adding more ram. I switched from a P4 2.4 Ghz, 512k PC to a 1 Ghz 256k iBook, and the iBook runs circles around the PC. Bigger is not always better. |
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lushbudget Is My Powerbook Obsolete? Wed 30 Jun 2004, 02:59
bogh I bought my 1 Ghz Powerbook in December of last ye... Wed 30 Jun 2004, 11:21 shaneblyth QUOTE (lushbudget @ Jun 30 2004, 01:59)Hi,
I... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 09:00 gingau There is a point when you have to stop upgrading t... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 14:08 evesapple Short answer: No!
A lot of pro musicians are ... Fri 23 Jul 2004, 13:10 gogmagog i think there comes a time when you have to say to... Sun 25 Jul 2004, 06:13
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