Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Slightly OT but I cannot come up with anywhere to ask this question.  

I am buying 12 inch iBook this month.  One thing I am considering is  
using the ibook for VJing at clubs.  Spec of HDD inside ibook is 30GB 
ATA/100 4200 rpm.  I don't know how 4200 rpm HDD fast and sufficient 
for VJing.  

So which way can I draw the potential more upgrade the HDD to 80GB 
and stay in 4200 rpm or stay 30GB and buy outboard firewire HDD?  

Tomonori

On Wednesday, February 9, 2005, at 12:34 PM, matsumurat2001 wrote:

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> I am buying 12 inch iBook this month.  One thing I am considering is
> using the ibook for VJing at clubs.  Spec of HDD inside ibook is 30GB
> ATA/100 4200 rpm.  I don't know how 4200 rpm HDD fast and sufficient
> for VJing.

It is possible to upgrade that HD to 5400 RPM, and even 7200 RPM 
(although not through Apple...)

But your best bet is to use an external drive, digital audio and video 
applications benefit in terms of performance when the application is 
reading and writing to a separate work drive.

Eddie
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matsumurat2001 <iz58291@...> wrote:
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: Slightly OT but I cannot come up with anywhere to ask this question.  
: 
: I am buying 12 inch iBook this month.  One thing I am considering is  
: using the ibook for VJing at clubs.  Spec of HDD inside ibook is 30GB 
: ATA/100 4200 rpm.  I don't know how 4200 rpm HDD fast and sufficient 
: for VJing.  
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: So which way can I draw the potential more upgrade the HDD to 80GB 
: and stay in 4200 rpm or stay 30GB and buy outboard firewire HDD?  

An outboard firewire drive (*if* it's a full-size 3.5" drive and not a
notebook-class drive) will probably outperform the internal drive. The
internal drive might be sufficient; I had a 40GB 4200rpm drive in my
Powerbook when I got it, and it was fast enough for most tasks. I upgraded
to a 5400rpm drive, but it's still slower than my Firewire 7200rpm drive.

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