Mac Daddy

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Here's the deal. My boss is getting a new PC for our workplace to replace our Mac. He is giving it away to surplus, or I can buy it for $30. Normally I hate Macs, but I was wondering if it would be good for recording music. The specs are:

Power Mac G4
400 MHz processor
100 Mhz bus
384 MB SDRAM
Mac OSX 10.2.6
40Gig hard drive

I would be using this for nothing but music.
 
You may want to consider upgrading the RAM...
 
I have one. I don't use it anymore for music but it's a great machine, and for the price it rocks. It can't handle lots of soft synths, etc, although OSX is better than OS9 with memory and multitasking.
It's important to check if it has PCI or AGP graphics. PCI is no good for music (in fact, Protools wouldn't ran on a PCI machine).

In any case, check eBay and see the current prices on them. It could be an interesting deal.

Andrés
 
It has AGP graphics. I already have a separate computer I do all my mixdowns on at home. I want this one to leave over at my drummer's place so he can record drums even if I'm not around. So he would not need softsynths. He will probably just need a soundcard/interface so he can record 6 or 7 tracks at a time. Will this computer be able to handle that. By the way, we are using Tracktion as our sequencer.
 
yes, it can handle like 32 tracks if you don't add any cpu hungry plugs. You can use a USB or firewire drive on both and transfer the sessions that way.
 
Thanks guys (and ladies?). I really appreciate your fast feedback.
 
Hell yeah, I'd buy it for $30. Those are pretty decent computers.
 
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