The Logic Off Topic list

litepipe wrote:

>  I must say, I believe there is some truth in this. I think on Windows you
>kind of have to be a p.c. geek waiting for something to happen and it
>eventually does. This is not my first Windows box. When I had my 1st one, I
>learned how to tweak out my ass with Win 98. I learned a lot about building
>a system. It was almost like I had to be deeper into the p.c. side than
>making music. Well, I built a stable system with a Multiface and XP. Used
>the same hardware and software for atleast (I'm sure it's well over) a year.
>NO changes!! Now I have problems. 

I have done the same - 13 months ago I built a P4 based system and it has
been reliable. I have not needed to change. I am surprised that you built a
PIII 1000 system for running Logic so recently - perhaps you already had
the hardware and just used the new OS. 

Intel PIII has a fraction of the memory bandwidth of Northwood P4 /P4 C
and the number of plugin instances is drastically down. My PIII 800 ran
about 14 Plat Verbs and my Northwood P4 2.4 clocked to 2.6 runs 59.  As far
as compressors etc - I use  lot of PSP stuff too - the P4 leaves the old
PIII in the dust easily 2  or 3 times as many instances. 

If you use a lot of PC only software/plugins I would consider upgrading to
something like P4 2.8 or 3.0 C/Asus P4C800E Deluxe/1 - 2 Gig of DDR 400.
You will probably need a new P4 compatible power supply and 3.3 V AGP card
but the total price would be of the order of 6 - $800 US at a guess -- a
bit cheaper than a G5 and I wouldn't consider any Mac other than a G5. 

>A Windows re-install would be a real pain
>in the ass!! I did enough of this shit on my old p.c. to be forever sick of
>it. I just want to make music!! I want a machine to do it's job. I don't
>install every demo on the planet (none infact).

I install heaps of them and beta test (sometimes) buggy plugins for
developers. My machine seems to cope with it without any lasting problems -
I might have to shut it down and restart a few times when I am testing the
circumstances that bring on a bug related crash but but the machine does
not become problematic - I just report the bug and test the new version
when it comes and move on. 

BYW You did go with NTFS as your files system didn't you? It is much more
secure than FAT32. For one thing, NTFS is a journalling file system. 

Regards,
Murray