Going from PC to Mac

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mistergoomba
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Going from PC to Mac

Post by mistergoomba » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:00 pm

I've been using a PC for live Ableton/Reason performing. I've been told many times that "Macs are better" for music, but finally someone convinced me when he said that Ableton and Reason take up less system resources on his Mac.

Does anyone know if Ableton and Reason support Dual Core Processors? I saw a Macbook at their online store with a 2.0 GHz Intel Dual Core and 1 GB of RAM.

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

(PS: I apologize if this topic has been covered 240923875 times before)

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Post by Tarekith » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:44 pm

Yes, but only in the latest versions.
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Post by Michael-SW » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:01 pm

Nothing wrong with Macs, but that someone was lying.

PCs and Macs running Live on the same hardware (latest generation Core 2 Duo Macbooks/PC Laptops) use the same amount of resources. Perhaps even with a very slight edge for the PC, but that is debatable. Check out the the Live 5 performance thread (which also include Live 6 benchmarks at the end).


The Macbooks are excellent, but change platform/OS for the right reasons.

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Post by mistergoomba » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:02 pm

i'm running ableton 5 and reason 3. do i need to update to ableton 6?

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Post by jasinski » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:51 pm

mistergoomba wrote:i'm running ableton 5 and reason 3. do i need to update to ableton 6?
I think the benifit you will see from using a mac isn't so much the hardware, or software performance, but the OS environment. If you take the time to really learn and understand it, it is significantly easier to use than Xp. I can't comment on Vista so much but I do know that Vista is very Ram hungry- something to consider when doing audio. Just for the record I don't look down on Windows. You can do everything that a Mac can do and for VST , there are a lot more free plug ins.. It comes down to your OS experience really. I also find Apple hardware more elegant.. Kind of like deciding between a Hyundai and a BMW. They both get you from A to B.
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Post by noisetonepause » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:54 pm

mistergoomba wrote:i'm running ableton 5 and reason 3. do i need to update to ableton 6?
To take advantage of multiple cores, you'll want to upgrade to Live 6.
Suit #1: I mean, have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.

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Post by OvertoneZero » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:34 pm

jasinski wrote: Kind of like deciding between a Hyundai and a BMW.
Oh SNAP

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