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Just bought a new mac, tell me if you like the specs. (pg. 2)
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| Woony |
| I agree with L4C. Having awareness for basic symmetry is not that obsessive. |
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| TyeDynamite |
I'm about to buy a PC. My old macbook is struggling and on its last leg. Any recommendations?
I'm on a tight budget going through my masters degree program right now so I'm gonna build something pretty cheap.
I'm thinking:
Intel i5 3750K
8 GB Ram
1 TB Hard Drive
I use a PreSonus AudioBox 22VSL to route my monitors so I won't be getting an external soundcard. Also I'll only be running 1 screen. Until I can save up for another one and a graphics card. |
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| clay |
| want a new computer myself but unfortunatly im sick of macs, sick of windows, sick of linux and all. i wish Reaper would be a deticated free production OS. |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Juan Paulino
Well its that time again to buya new computer.
I can't wait any longer for the new mac pro thats coming in 2013 but with these specs i'll be fine for several years.
6-Core 3.33 gigahertz Each
16 Gig Memory
HD Bay1 512 G SSD
HD Bay2 1TB |
Don't ing do it.
Richie is right. It's about on a par with the 2009 mac pro, and when the new mac pros come out early next year you're going to get serious vaj envy.
Either wait for the mac pros, or go full out now and ridiculously overspeced PC. No point getting a mid spec PC. |
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| TyeDynamite |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Don't ing do it.
Richie is right. It's about on a par with the 2009 mac pro, and when the new mac pros come out early next year you're going to get serious vaj envy.
Either wait for the mac pros, or go full out now and ridiculously overspeced PC. No point getting a mid spec PC. |
If you were getting a PC, what would you get? On a realistic budget? |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by TyeDynamite
If you were getting a PC, what would you get? On a realistic budget? |
I wouldn't get a PC for serious production.
Not to be obtuse or a cvnt about it but I spent over a decade building PC's both professionally, studios and for home production use. Although it was fun and good experience to teach myself all those things about the technology involved, I'm done with the tinkering under some false belief that I'm saving myself some money or getting better performance by speccing and building the machine myself.
It's a computer for production, and being an engineer, the goal is most stable performance with as little downtime or maintenance as possible. The ultimate goal is to have it work with the least possible effort going to make it work.
Four years in to my 2008 imac, other than an SSD in the next month, I have no need for an upgrade in the forseeable future. Logic runs flawlessly, crashes maybe once a year which is about how often I do maintenance on it (which takes all of 20 mins).
I'd have to be a sucker for pain to go back to PC. I love my asus laptop for everything else and it was great value, and I could probably produce on it as it's got the power, but all those other more important factors considered, I'd just be pissing in to the wind by switching back to a PC for music production now. |
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| TyeDynamite |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
I wouldn't get a PC for serious production.
Not to be obtuse or a cvnt about it but I spent over a decade building PC's both professionally, studios and for home production use. Although it was fun and good experience to teach myself all those things about the technology involved, I'm done with the tinkering under some false belief that I'm saving myself some money or getting better performance by speccing and building the machine myself.
It's a computer for production, and being an engineer, the goal is most stable performance with as little downtime or maintenance as possible. The ultimate goal is to have it work with the least possible effort going to make it work.
Four years in to my 2008 imac, other than an SSD in the next month, I have no need for an upgrade in the forseeable future. Logic runs flawlessly, crashes maybe once a year which is about how often I do maintenance on it (which takes all of 20 mins).
I'd have to be a sucker for pain to go back to PC. I love my asus laptop for everything else and it was great value, and I could probably produce on it as it's got the power, but all those other more important factors considered, I'd just be pissing in to the wind by switching back to a PC for music production now. |
Best I could afford is probably a Mac mini. 2.3 ghz. Think that's better than a faster PC? I have a Mac now and love it, I just can't afford a high grade one. |
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| clay |
| quote: | Originally posted by TyeDynamite
Best I could afford is probably a Mac mini. 2.3 ghz. Think that's better than a faster PC? I have a Mac now and love it, I just can't afford a high grade one. |
the mac mini with screen, wireless keyboard/mouse and decent ram/hd would cost more than imac so thats pretty dumb imo. id save for the next imac if you want a mac. |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by clay
the mac mini with screen, wireless keyboard/mouse and decent ram/hd would cost more than imac so thats pretty dumb imo. id save for the next imac if you want a mac. |
This.
Mac mini only really makes sense if space is a problem, or if you already own a decent screen or you're using it as a logic node to boost performance.
Otherwise, Imac in a heartbeat (or at least when the new ones come out next month). |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| if only they sold like an imac X 2. 2 imacs made into one with 2 screens. THat would be killer. |
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| TyeDynamite |
| quote: | Originally posted by clay
the mac mini with screen, wireless keyboard/mouse and decent ram/hd would cost more than imac so thats pretty dumb imo. id save for the next imac if you want a mac. |
Haha shiit I'm screwed I can't afford it. I would only be able to swing the Mac Mini with 4gb ram and a 500gb hard drive. And that's stretching my budget. I have a wireless keyboard and mouse already. And can get a good 24" screen for about 150. I can't drop $1200 on an imac otherwise I would in a heartbeat.
I live in pretty ethnic community... Maybe I'll start giving producer lessons to some wannabe rap stars haha. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
are you computer savy ?
Does your job rely on music ?
honestly, just get a pc. They are fine. Just do your homework. |
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