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Mac Pro vs MBP 17" for Music Production
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<blockquote data-quote="the8thark" data-source="post: 702400" data-attributes="member: 26315"><p>Well on the horsepower issue. I have the last white 17 inch imac there was. 2ghz. And it runs GarageBand and Logic Pro with no issues at all. Even with quite a few tracks going all at once. So for me I'm quite happy with my imac.</p><p></p><p>But for you, my vote goes for the imac. WHy?</p><p></p><p>1. You already have a portable computer. I don't see a need for a 2nd one. And most people don't walk around while recording music. They do it in a room or studio. Where a desktop can easily be set up.</p><p></p><p>2. The Mac Pro is really expensive. Worth every dollar if you're going to use every Ghz out of it's 4 or 8 cores to the max. Which is rather hard to do actually. Cause there isn't that much out there that requires that kind of power. Plus you'd need to buy a screen. So it's the Mac Pro price + your $500 screen. It is the fastest thing out there mac wise. And if you want all that raw speed sure go ahead. But it might be overkill, by quite a bit.</p><p></p><p>3. I would look around the net and places for others users experiences of using Logic etc with an imac. I know I do but why just take my word for it. If many people all have no issues with it, then it'd look more of an option.</p><p></p><p>So my recommendations would be:</p><p></p><p>Macbook Pro - No.</p><p>Mac Pro - If you crave the speed and power and are ok with the price to set up the entire system.</p><p>Imac - I'd recommend that. Sure you wouldn't need to go for the fastest one out there. But cause you said you would if you got an imac I'd go for that if you decide against the Mac Pro.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the8thark, post: 702400, member: 26315"] Well on the horsepower issue. I have the last white 17 inch imac there was. 2ghz. And it runs GarageBand and Logic Pro with no issues at all. Even with quite a few tracks going all at once. So for me I'm quite happy with my imac. But for you, my vote goes for the imac. WHy? 1. You already have a portable computer. I don't see a need for a 2nd one. And most people don't walk around while recording music. They do it in a room or studio. Where a desktop can easily be set up. 2. The Mac Pro is really expensive. Worth every dollar if you're going to use every Ghz out of it's 4 or 8 cores to the max. Which is rather hard to do actually. Cause there isn't that much out there that requires that kind of power. Plus you'd need to buy a screen. So it's the Mac Pro price + your $500 screen. It is the fastest thing out there mac wise. And if you want all that raw speed sure go ahead. But it might be overkill, by quite a bit. 3. I would look around the net and places for others users experiences of using Logic etc with an imac. I know I do but why just take my word for it. If many people all have no issues with it, then it'd look more of an option. So my recommendations would be: Macbook Pro - No. Mac Pro - If you crave the speed and power and are ok with the price to set up the entire system. Imac - I'd recommend that. Sure you wouldn't need to go for the fastest one out there. But cause you said you would if you got an imac I'd go for that if you decide against the Mac Pro. [/QUOTE]
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