I called Apple yesterday and this is what they said...

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This is a very interesting thread. I am a mac user, but I also use pc. My first mac was a 512e, which didn't even have a hard disk.

I bought macs that lasted years and years. I was just lucky, cause I also saw macs that lasted 6 months until they were discontinued... anyone remember the LCIII, or those Centris 610? Lucky me I didn't buy them (just lucky).

I know have a G4, and it feels pretty powerful, although when I hear you guys talk about dual processors and gigahertz speeds I have a little envy, that's for suere.

But these days I found that I am pretty satisfied with my current recording environment, and I feel like I don't need more. I have 24 tracks with real time plugins, and a sampler, and that's enough for me these days. And I really mean it now. Whenever I download a demo of some new hot plugin, I think "this is great, but I could really live without having it".
When I started making music I used a program called Studio Session, that had 6 MONO tracks of sampled sounds, It couldn't record anything and it runned at 22 khz (I don't know bit depth). At that time I was pretty satisfied with it until I wanted to record vocals.
My point is, the need for recording software and hardware should stop right now, cause I think that current technology gives you enough possibilities to make great records. I think that all the new plugs and stuff improves your situation only in a very marginal way.
New and exciting things will appear and then we will upgrade again. BTW, I hope one of those things will be a couple of good songs.

Cheers, Andrés
 
Good Post Cordura...

Excellent wisdom...

I agree...
I have a system that uses a G3 400mhz... And it runs great...
I still get gear envy, as well...
But, I find myself asking the same questions you do...

Do I need it? And most importantly, will it "Really" matter to my customers if this particular thing is in my studio?

Riverdog
www.homepage.mac.com/riverdog
 
Riverdog:

No disrespect taken :) Just didn't know where you were coming from with that title. I love my XLR8 G3 400. It has at least doubled the life of my 8500.

Andres:

Excellent post! I went through the whole upgrade withdrawal thing this winter due to lack of funding. I'm glad now though because I've come to the realisation that my Mac is just fine. It's my mics/mixer/converters that need to be upgraded first, and the price of a new Mac pales in comparison to a good analog front-end.:eek:

Besides, the more I record the less plug-ins I find myself using. I don't need to run 50 reverbs at once. :p
 
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