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synthwave100
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I have a Dell P4 at 2.26 GHz with 512 MB of ram, Sonar 2.0, an Aardvark 24/96, and a bunch of Steinberg VST's. I am fed up with the instability of my system and the fact that I sometimes have to restart my entire system five times in half an hour. A couple of months ago I followed Sweetwater.com's directions for making XP more "music friendly", and although that helped for a while, lately the computer has been acting up again.
I have heard that although they are not faster, Macs are more reliable and do not need to be restarted nearly as often as PC's. Is this true?...I can live with waiting a little for soft synth to load, but I don't like having my computer go out on me when I'm in the middle of an idea.
Also, whatever computer I get next will be a laptop, so are the Apple Power books up to the job of music?
And finally, if I decide to make the switch, what sequencer should I get to replace Sonar?
I should also mention that price is not really a factor and whatever laptop I get will be the best of its kind so it will last a couple of years.
I'd appreciate any advice,
-Andrew
I have heard that although they are not faster, Macs are more reliable and do not need to be restarted nearly as often as PC's. Is this true?...I can live with waiting a little for soft synth to load, but I don't like having my computer go out on me when I'm in the middle of an idea.
Also, whatever computer I get next will be a laptop, so are the Apple Power books up to the job of music?
And finally, if I decide to make the switch, what sequencer should I get to replace Sonar?
I should also mention that price is not really a factor and whatever laptop I get will be the best of its kind so it will last a couple of years.
I'd appreciate any advice,
-Andrew