Re: which macbook?

[van Sinn <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk>]

Yes, I meant Erik ;)  very cool guy by the way.

It'll be mainly for home studio use (I'm fed up with bulky stationaries) 
plus some looping, until I get something suitable added to my rig.
My main concern is how one of those slightly older Macbook Pro's will 
handle convolution and other cpu-heavy tasks.
The example by the OP is a fairly resent model, with an ok cpu, 1066Mhz 
bus and 4GB ram, so it ought to be enough for my uses - after all, I'm 
not expecting a €1 mil contract in the near future :-D


Per Boysen wrote:
> Van Sinn, you must be speaking about Erik Metall? Yes, I know him - we
> did a series of Logic clinics over here back in september
> http://www.perboysen.com/archives/503
> 
> We used Macbook Pros then, but my Macbook 2.2 GHz and 800 front side
> bus (Santa Rosa chip) with 4 GB RAM doing fine after many years. But I
> must say, the coolest live I use peak at 80 percent CPU and that's
> pretty thin ice. Trying to save up money for a MBP if this one should
> go belly up. I'm still foolish to have only one live laptop, you
> should keep a back up.
> 
> Per
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 7:44 PM, van Sinn <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk> 
>wrote:
> 
>>Though I don't have a Macbook, a few years ago I attended a session with 
>Per
>>Metal from Sweeden (Per Boysen may know him), who demoed Logic 7 (IIRC) 
>on a
>>Macbook with lower specs than those dscussed here; IIRC, a 2.2Ghz / 2GB 
>ram
>>model.
>>This lowere-specked Macbook could run a complete setup of a band project
>>from a music academy; quite impressive..
>>
>>
>>Per Boysen wrote:
>>
>>>These Macbook Pro boxes are way beyond the Macbook I've been using for
>>>years and that one stills serves me ok, so I think you will get some
>>>nice headroom whatever box you pick up.
>>>
>>>Greetings from Sweden
>>>
>>>Per Boysen
>>>www.boysen.se
>>>www.perboysen.com
>>>www.looproom.com internet music hub
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Simeon Harris
>>><simeonharris40@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>thanks per. i think the cheaper one is probably the one to go for, 
>unless
>>>>i
>>>>can get the guy selling the more expensive one to drop the price a bit!
>>>>
>>>>sim
>>>>
>>>>On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> 
>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I would hardly think so. I have plenty of those cables and mix FW400
>>>>>and FW800 in many configurations.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>--
>>rgds,
>>van Sinn
>>
>>
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rgds,
van Sinn