 12" Ibook G4 W 1.25 Gb Ram, A workable setup for soft samplers? |
  Fri 27 Aug 2004, 18:49
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 27-Aug 04 From: Den Haag - NL Member No.: 49,646  |
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. |
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Tue 31 Aug 2004, 10:28
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 27-Aug 04 From: Den Haag - NL Member No.: 49,646 |
I've delved through the Garritan forums quite extensively... the long and short of it is that iBook users on average seem to be able to play only 2-3 GPO instruments at a time, which simply isn't enough. A properly tuned 15" PowerBook can do 10+ instruments. At the moment, that would just do it for me... but I wonder for how long.
 Plus a 15" PB loaded with RAM is mucho expensivo compared to a low end Power Mac loaded with even more RAM... like I said, mobility is important to me (I want/need to have access to my samples when I'm on stage), but so is the ability to play high quality samples without a fuzz. So, basically, I'll have to choose between having portable but fairly limited CPU power vs. carrying a G5 around to each and every gig... Aaaargh! Where are those G5 PowerBooks when you need them?  [Btw. can someone please perform CPR on my finance guy... I think he just had a heart attack  ]
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jofferman 12" Ibook G4 W 1.25 Gb Ram Fri 27 Aug 2004, 18:49
mhues I use a 15 inch powerbook with logic...Im getting ... Sat 28 Aug 2004, 13:12 aptmunich How about a iMac G5 - seems like the best of both ... Mon 6 Sep 2004, 10:47 roque my iBook g4, 640 ram, logic pro can handle 15+ exs... Tue 7 Sep 2004, 05:50
jofferman Hey,
I've weighed all the cons and pros and d... Tue 7 Sep 2004, 06:49 |
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