Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

From: "Kamm Schreiner" <kamm@...>

>I suspect that the 8 GB maximum that Apple decided to offer has more to do
>with physical space limitations on the motherboard than anything else. The
>more memory that is supported, the more space that must be set aside for it
>on the motherboard.

I don't know the maths, but 64-bit processors can access terrabytes 
of memory - way more than you need. Or at least that's how it looks 
today. :)

So yes, I'm sure the eight memory slots has to do with practical 
realities more than anything else. Another factor is that 8GB of 1GB 
RAMs is going to cost a little over $1400 at today's prices (and 
$3050 + 256 megs at the Apple store) - and prices are a little lower 
than they were a couple of years ago when the first G5s came out.

Also, for our purposes - loading sample starts so you can have lots 
of articulations cued up - I'd guess that it wouldn't do all that 
much good to be able to load a whole lot more than that. You don't 
use every program in your template usually, but hard drives and 
processors crap out at a finite point; based on the percentage of 
loaded programs you're likely to use, I'm guessing wildly that 8GB is 
a reasonable amount.

And that's not going to be an issue until the 64-bit OS comes out. In 
Panther you can load about 3GB of samples into a 4-4.5GB G5.
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