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Macbook Pro vs IMac???
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<blockquote data-quote="robduckyworth" data-source="post: 1197717" data-attributes="member: 184879"><p>the reason iMac's have better specs is because they are desktops, nad so they have a bit more space in the box to play with. </p><p></p><p>an i7 processor will run music software extremely well. 8GB of RAM will help drastically with alot of sampler instruments (Xpand!2 or structure for example, to name the PT ones.)</p><p></p><p>i use Pro Tools 8 at the moment, and it runs great on a Core 2 Duo iMac/MBP 13". so i can safely say, that any of the current line of Macs can run it well.</p><p></p><p>you may want to consider Pro Tools 9: they have added native support for third party interfaces, and standalone mode (meaning you don't have to plug in your Avid hardware just to get PT to open.) This is especially important if you want full portability (and my main jealousy when seeing people with PT9).</p><p></p><p>I personally think you should go with the macbook pro, for when the time arises that you wanna do some production on the go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robduckyworth, post: 1197717, member: 184879"] the reason iMac's have better specs is because they are desktops, nad so they have a bit more space in the box to play with. an i7 processor will run music software extremely well. 8GB of RAM will help drastically with alot of sampler instruments (Xpand!2 or structure for example, to name the PT ones.) i use Pro Tools 8 at the moment, and it runs great on a Core 2 Duo iMac/MBP 13". so i can safely say, that any of the current line of Macs can run it well. you may want to consider Pro Tools 9: they have added native support for third party interfaces, and standalone mode (meaning you don't have to plug in your Avid hardware just to get PT to open.) This is especially important if you want full portability (and my main jealousy when seeing people with PT9). I personally think you should go with the macbook pro, for when the time arises that you wanna do some production on the go. [/QUOTE]
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