12" Ibook G4 W 1.25 Gb Ram, A workable setup for soft samplers? Options

[jofferman]

Hi everyone,

I'm considering to buy a 12" iBook G4 with maximum ram (1.25 GB) and Logic Express as a replacement for my current setup (an aging PC with 512 MB ram and Logic Silver 4.8).

My main worry is whether or not I will get any decent performance out of my software samplers (most importantly Garritan Personal Orchestra) on such a configuration. I don't mind having to freeze a bunch of tracks if I'm working on a big project (which, in my world, means 20+ tracks), but I do need to be able to run at least a handful of tracks in real-time.

Anyone have any experience with iBooks and soft samplers? I searched the forum a bit, but mostly got "PowerBooks are better than iBooks" - which I'm sure is true. Unfortunately, my budget doesn't really allow for a PB at the mo...

(I could get the 12" PB, but then I'd have to cut on the amount of RAM to stay within budget... more RAM is prolly a better idea )

thx,
Jim.

[mhues]

I use a 15 inch powerbook with logic...Im getting ready to buy a low end G5...Portability no but, the bus speed doesnt seem to be able to keep up with these hungry plugs....If you only ran EXS 24 you might be okay...I think the even bigger problem is the lack of screen real estate needed to be able to work quickly...