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That depends upon whether or not the application being used is altivec-optimized. In some cases it'll be very similar. In others, the G4 would stomp it.

the Firewire Audiophile would work well for you, if you already have a mixer with pre's. You may want to go to www.pbfixit.com and read how you can upgrade the hard drive.

Just found this and wanted to pass it along. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/FWU2MS/ Really cool little piece.

The best evaluation of Mac vs. PC ever. Who wants a cow, when you can have a Tiger? er wait, that didn't come out right..... What's Linux then? The bastard child of a cow and a warthog?

My opinion is that the search button is friggin' cool man. I love those things, the search buttons. Wow!!! They can do 24/96 recording, tons of plug-ins, amazing!!! I love search buttons.

Well no, if they sorted out the noise issues (the iMac I am speaking of is first gen) then good deal, I stand corrected. It still is a fantastic computer, for sure. The Mini has it's limitations, but with a FW HD, (and imo bluetooth keyboard and mouse) it's a really cool little box that can be...

FYI, the Mac Mini is WAY quieter than the G5 iMac. We have one (iMac) at work, and it's a leaf blower. Nice computer, but a leaf blower. Not ideal for audio, IMO. In contrast, the Mini even with the fan running seemed quite quiet. I know, the G5's faster, but eh.....I want silence.

well yeah, definitely. :D

I do that quite often too, for that reason.

I'd say the Firepod, but only because I'd have more use for an allinone 8 pre box, as opposed to trucking around a separate pre like the Octane in addition to the 828. Not that the 828 isn't good, it's just not up my alley feature-wise. And there's never going to be a time when I need to record...

I'd generally recommend a Gateway Centrino book, with a firewire interface of some sort. I've had a Gateway for 3 years, and their support is excellent, and the notebook very nice.

The 1.25Ghz w/ more RAM would be fine. But no, I would not recommend just going at with with the internal drive, because you're either going to hit a brick wall very soon after 6 tracks, or you're going to be freezing everything, which is nice to have but gets to be a pain in the ass. You have...

CPUs don't spin. If they do, you have bigger problems than anyone else here. Get a Zalman or Nexus heatsink.

I didn't see it on their site; someone popped one open. Regardless, even 5400rpm isn't enough for anything extravagant either.

The Mini comes with a 4200rpm drive, too slow for all but the smallest of jobs. Hence the external FW drive. I wouldn't recommend tracking to the internal 4200rpm drive.

I dunno man, that's still a ridiculous amount of money for a 3.2Ghz P4.

One FW port. Once you hook up your FW hard drive (which you'll need) where are you going to hook up your FW audio interface (which you'll need, as there's not many decent USB2 devices out there)? Sure, I guess you could get a hub, but I hate dealing with that mess.

No, it comes with an adapter. You can connect whatever you want to it. Just beware of the lack of connectivity.

the Rain is just another regular PC optimized for recording, then jacked up $1000. Anybody can either: A: build it themselves. It ain't hard, and I fail to see how the Rain would be quieter than an Antec w/ a 120mm fan, Phantom PS, and Zalman cpu cooler. B: pay someone $100 to do it for...

Yeah, ditto that. Those are impressive numbers.