Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

I agree wit the RAM stuff. Apples prices are way to high and one can  
do it yourself quickly and cheaper.

Again if you have the $$ and wanna buy new do so.   Nothing like  
taking new equipment out of the box for the first time..  But that is  
short lived excitement and practical use is where it counts and no the  
clean smell of new gear..    If you are happy with used gear check the  
used equipment market  but just make sure it is compatible and I guess  
still upgradable - which is probably rarely an issue.

My Snow Leopard is fine but I have not pushed it to the limits yet. In  
fact only being dong light duties with Logic 9 on Snow Leopard so  
guess can't honestly comment.

I guess the question is what level of power do you need and what do  
you wanna do with Logic.. If it is light duties stuff an iMAC 24" with  
8Gb RAM and 3Ghz Intel core 2 processor might do you  But if you are  
planning on Power Use then go with the Mac Pro and build you machine  
to perfectly meet your usage needs - and grow the mac pro as your  
needs (and $$) grow.

Steve Currington
de Composer
Wellington, New Zealand


On 11/09/2009, at 10:59 AM, GAmoore@... wrote:

> I have bought several macs new, but I never have Apple configure them
> with the ram and all... because they charge 300% more for ram than you
> can buy elsewhere. Supposedly they test it or make sure it works,  
> but I
> can't see wasting $1000 for that difference.
>
> Its debatable whether its better to get a new Imac or a used Mac Pro.
> You can probably get a 1st generation mac pro for $1000 or so - which
> will allow for UAD cards, extra monitors etc. The Imac does not allow
> very much ram, only one hard disk, monitor mirroring, and probably  
> some
> degraded buss performance. I believe the system archetecture and
> supporting hardware make a mac pro significantly faster than an imac  
> at
> the same clock speed. Plus mac pro's have quad processors versus  
> double
> ones in imacs.
>
> mac's have "soundcards" built in. there are audio jacks already. I
> don't use any MOTU or M-audio or Native Instruments interfaces  
> though -
> as I always had problems with drivers and updates. So i use external
> units, and communicate with the computer via the optical in and out -
> so I don't need any drivers at all!
>
> by the way, I installed snow leopard over (not clean) the existing mac
> os on three systems - but only the music system with Logic had
> problems. No problems with Photoshop. And Logic is made by the same
> people who make the OS!!!!
>
> 



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