Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Thanks to all that responded I will update as things start moving forward. 

The main reason I never switched so long ago are the reasons you are talking about. 

I can not understand the markup people pay for a Mac. I have been building PC's since I was 16. That was 13 years ago, and it boggles my mind.what am I paying this extra money for? Currenlty, the only reason I would even consider this is that I think I have reached the end of pushing my version of logic as far as it can go.  The limitations are too great, and the new options seem well worth it. I really feel that I should bronze my dongle or something at this stage lol... 

I have been monitoring Ebay as I will most likely buy a used  Mac Pro. 

Now is there some reason that I can not install hardware in the box(Ram, Harddrives, Video Cards)?

If that is the case is the only way to upgrade those options is through the Apple Store?

 Cheers





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From: "GAmoore@..." <GAmoore@...>
To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 12:53:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Ok so I Use Logic 5.5, I think it's time to upgrade lol...

  
Regarding new mac-pro versus used ....

I just checked and mac-pro's START at $2499 + $250 tax in California = 
$2750 MINIMUM.... with minimal ram which will need to be upgraded. On 
the other hand, Mac Pro's are sitting on ebay now with $800-1000 
starting bids... and maybe more ram and an extra hard disk.

Apple's introductory tower used to be $1500-$1800. In the midst of an 
economic downturn, they have evidently raised their prices. But this is 
happening all over the place - quietly raising prices on things. For 
example, I bought a bunch of screws in Home Depot in little plastic 
bags that used to be 88 cents, now $1.18. Dog food that was $8.99 a few 
years ago, then $10.99 is now $12.99.

I have bought 5-6 new macs in the past years, but I am just going to 
sit on my current older mac pro for quite a while. I don't think its 
worth it to keep a G4 or G5 as its a dead archetecture and no longer 
supported. So I would get a Mac Pro tower, Imac Pro, or Powerbook Pro 
as your budget allows - keeping mind that having more ram is really a 
necessity.


   


      

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