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No issues what so ever. It recognizes all 8 gb at all times the laptop runs great.

I will however, say there is not a great deal of improvement in Live, if any. Other applications like Serato for instance (when creating analysis files) seems to churn through the data faster. With live, I am not ...

I Don’t know if I would buy 8 gb of ram from apple.

I upgraded on my own and purchased the 8 gb of Mushkin ram about $160 cdn. Then, I sold my old ram on ebay for $65. Therefore, I really only paid less than $100 for the upgrade which is a steal! Additionally, Mushkin ram is better in my opinion ...

so the consensus is to stick with 2.66GHz and applecare? I'm planning to run Logic/Live 8 with this machine btw. As far as the RAM, I might just get the stock 4gig and purchase 8gigs from OWC. If I install it myself, doesn't that void the warranty? Also, the anti-glare LCD mentioned previously, is ...

I Don’t know if I would buy 8 gb of ram from apple.

I upgraded on my own and purchased the 8 gb of Mushkin ram about $160 cdn. Then, I sold my old ram on ebay for $65. Therefore, I really only paid less than $100 for the upgrade which is a steal! Additionally, Mushkin ram is better in my opinion ...

have a look here

This covers alot of the aspects of Synthesizers, plus some musical theory and some tips on how to create and record different types of music. It can be a little heady so you may have to re-read some things.

I am in the process of putting together an all new setup and I am going this way:
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-Axiom 25
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An m-audio suggestion ... interesting. So, have they improved in build quality? I seem to remember a problem w/ quality some years ago, maybe just gossip
My friend has had one (the first gen ...

I am in the process of putting together an all new setup and I am going this way:
-Ableton Live 8
-Komplete 7 (If I can get the money together)
-Axiom 25
-APC 40
-MOTU Ultralite MK3
-Monitors I am still undecided on
-Macbook Pro 15" 2.66GHz i7 8GB RAM 500GB @7200RPM with 1TB external firewire drive ...

crofter wrote: Full marks for observation, all you can see is the end of the foot

Seriously, it took me a full minute of staring at just the laptop and I/O to see the stand