the new I MAC G5....ur thoughts and advice.

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pages and pages on this forum have discussed this.
just use search. i'm a computer engr (day job for years) and while i like the machine. the problem i have is price/performance equation.
you can get a blazing fast amd system windows pc for 500 to 800 bucks.
which saves you money for nice mics/preamps/sound card.
if you dont believe me - cakewalk have some neat performance comparisons
and charts etc even showing the king of the heap in performance the dual amd opterons (200 tracks ? - yikes !!) but these will cost you.
if were me i would go amd barton. dirt cheap and you can still get 80 tracks with the right set up. or if your rich amd 64 or dual opteron.
 
Go for it...if you can afford it.

If it's good enough for the studio, it's good enough for the prosumer.
 
Money, money, money..... MONEY!.

... that's just a poor man talking.
 
Didn't the G5 Imac just come out? How can there be pages and pages?
I wouldn't go with it just because there is no option for expansion. (pci x slots)
 
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G5 iMacs will run slightly slower than PowerMacs, and as such aren't worth the money at all. get a nice PC that you'll be able to upgrade to death for the next 4-5 years, a lot of motherboards are able to handle 4GB DDR in 4 slots, which will be great in a few years.
 
greenbaysucks said:
a lot of motherboards are able to handle 4GB DDR in 4 slots, which will be great in a few years.
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Ya, but the bigger issue is if in a few years they will be able to use the processors that will be out.

My mother board will only accept up to 3.4Ghz. Thats about to be the middle of the road by next summer...if not out done by all the new 64 bit stuff coming out.

A few years? lmao
 
what a dilemma ! i can get the g5 i mac w/ 20" display and 250GB hard drive for $1,999.00. firewire audio interface. etc. etc.
ive never used or trusted a p.c. for music. all i know is mac. but ive been only using old ones w/ micrologic 1.6. ive done wonders with it. but its so far behind it scares me to think of how much new i have to learn. for a small home studio w/ soud modules like motif rack, etc.. etc..
it may or may not be a good thing.
 
with respect kyro. i suggest you do further resarch on what
music people are doing with amd based PC's these days.
particularly the amd 64. and with dual opterons some are stating 200 plus tracks. in my area you can get a amd athlon sys for 500 bucks.
put a delta sound card in it (250 bucks ?) or tracertek.com have cheap stereo sound cards that do 24 bit for 100 bucks. and even a 4 input maya for same price but its new. that leaves 1200 bucks out of the 1900 for some nice mics and preamps. if you want a nice multitrack software that does 48 tracks plus a slew of midi features try the demo of powertracks at pgmusic.com sometime. or magix music studio or multitrackstudio.com.
all programs that will surprise you with their depth of features for getting
superb songs down if you have the engineering talent.
 
I am happy with my PC, but I don't record on it.

If you can afford a Mac, then get a Mac. If you don't play games, then there is really zero advantage to a PC. Macs stability is leaps and bounds over the PC offerings. Plus Macs process more efficiently...so a 1.8Ghz G5 will comlpetly waste anything up to 3Ghz in the PC market. Don't even think of comparing the dual 2 G5.


Q: Whats the best anti-virus and anti-spyware filter out there?

A: owning a Macintosh


If you download things you shouldn't download, there is 99.9999999 percent chance you will NEVER get a virus or piece of spyware installed. That is worth pretty penny right there.
 
with respect outlaws there are many that would disagree and i dont want a flame war. why are you having problems ? i and many others have zero pc problems. most pc disasters occur because people dont have them set up properly or are only slightly computer literate/newbies. what are your issue that irk you ?
as a comp engr i might be able to help you if you tell me what bugs you about your pc set up.
 
manning1 said:
with respect outlaws there are many that would disagree and i dont want a flame war. why are you having problems ? i and many others have zero pc problems. most pc disasters occur because people dont have them set up properly or are only slightly computer literate/newbies. what are your issue that irk you ?
as a comp engr i might be able to help you if you tell me what bugs you about your pc set up.
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Me?

No issues. But with all the crap I hear and have to fix on other peoples stuff that I know, then I can't help but recommend a Mac if you don't understand PCs more than just how to use the basic functions of programs.
 
http://www.apple.com/powermac/

They have since removed the single 1.8Ghz from the graphs, as they are now making dual 1.8s. How ever a dual doesn't equate 2x as fast, and the 1.8 when they had it on there was right in line with the 3.0Ghz PCs.
 
Outlaw, if you actually read a real test, not one on Apple's site, you'd realize you're way off. The FX51 trounced the dual 2Ghz G5 in the last unbiased test I read.

Let's see, 1 2.2ghz x86 processor vs. 2 2Ghz RISC processors. Hmmm

Macs are nice.....but let's realize what's propaganda/advertising, and what is reality.
 
Polaris20 said:
Outlaw, if you actually read a real test, not one on Apple's site, you'd realize you're way off. The FX51 trounced the dual 2Ghz G5 in the last unbiased test I read.

Let's see, 1 2.2ghz x86 processor vs. 2 2Ghz RISC processors. Hmmm

Macs are nice.....but let's realize what's propaganda/advertising, and what is reality.
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Feel free to post a link. I am open to it. I have a PC, not a Mac. I don't care either way.

But I will still say that Macs are more stable... :D
 
the reason some people have daw problems whether mac or pc (and ive seen problems on mac as well) is simply they are pushing the envelope
too much with often too many processor intensive activities like plug ins.
no matter what any benchmark or manufacturer tells you imho
computer aechitecture has not yet evolved on ANY PLATFORM
to render a problem free experience if one pushes the processor limits too far. as i see it a lot of people use just too many plug ins.

outlaws i'm glad your having few problems.
ps - in 6 yrs you all will be happy little musicians once the platforms have evolved further.
 
Outlaws said:
Feel free to post a link. I am open to it. I have a PC, not a Mac. I don't care either way.

But I will still say that Macs are more stable... :D
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You're going to have to buy a back issue of Maximum PC, or go to your local library.

If you think Macs are more stable, that probably means you're buying off the shelf PCs.

Customs are every bit as stable. At least mine are :D
 
Polaris20 said:
You're going to have to buy a back issue of Maximum PC, or go to your local library.

If you think Macs are more stable, that probably means you're buying off the shelf PCs.

Customs are every bit as stable. At least mine are :D
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No, I built mine and I have very few problems (other than ones I know I directly caused). But that is because I also know how to avoid most "consumer" problems...

As I believe I stated earlier....Most people don't know as much, and hence forth, would be buying an "off the shelf PC".

Fair enough?
 
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