Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

From: GAmoore@...

>I actually thought about it quite hard but I think the dual 1.8 is the way to
>go.

But you have to be sure you're not going to want to install more than 
4GB of RAM, which is a fatal problem for what I'm doing (using large 
sample libs).

>Macworld had an article (which you can find online) which compared them,
>and the dual 2.0 is 9% faster overall, and the 2.5 is only 12% faster on many
>of the tasks despite a 50% increase in price (compared to the 1.8 dual).
>
>But their benchmarks don't include audio. I made my own index which is CPU
>speed X Bus speed.
>1.8 x   900   = 1620
>2.0 x 1000   = 2000
>2.5 x 1.25   = 3125
>
>Based on that the dual 2.5 is almost 100% faster for only 50% more money. But
>its a lot of extra money. And the dual 1.8 is a significant improvement
>already so the extra $900 might be better spent on waiting for the 
>G6 next year.

I have a feeling that's all false maths. :)
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