Re: slightly OT: laptop advice for running softsynths live

[Sylvain Poitras <sylvain.trombone@gmail.com>]

Simeon,
He should look at the mac mini.  The cost to awe ratio is fairly
decent and it can be setup with applescripts to open the VSTi host on
power-up so it makes for a compact (and cheap) alternative to a
macbook.
Sylvain


On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Simeon Harris
<simeonharris40@googlemail.com> wrote:
> lol! yeah, i guessed that was the error!
> well his budget won't stretch to a new macbook plus logic, although i 
>agree
> it would be the best solution, so i'll advise him to look at option one.
> most of these new machines come with 4Gig of ram, so that's not a 
>problem, i
> think it's the processor he needs to pay attention to. some of the really
> cheap ones still come with celeron processors, which he must avoid at all
> costs. intel dual 2 core is the way to go.
> thanks for your help, as always, per
> sim
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > in a band using a 2.2MHz Macbook
>>
>> Oops, another fast-finger-fuckup. Should be GHz of course! I don't
>> think I have used a 2 Mhz machine since the Atari days :-))
>>
>> Per
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