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passionmax
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New computer Help

Post by passionmax » Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:09 pm

Right now I have a iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2020). I want to get either a laptop, mini or studio. I had a laptop in 2019 and I hated it. it constantly throttled because it got so hot. Are the new laptops any better. This will be my main computer. I need the fastest single core since it works better in Ableton having a lot of plugins on the master bus. Unless Im wrong about this. These are the choices I was thinking about. I use a lot of omnishpere, Kontakt, Serum. and on the master bus Ozone 10, Fabfilter L2 and others. a lot oa CPU hungry plugins
Let me know which one would be ideal.

MB pro 14" 2023 M2 Pro, 1tb drive, 64gig unified memory
Mac mini M2 Pro 12 core 2023 - 1tb drive, 32gig unified memory
Mac Studio Ultra 20 core, 1tb drive, 64gig unified memory

Thanks for the help

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Re: New computer Help

Post by [jur] » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:53 pm

Any of these machines will do, easily!
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fishmonkey
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Re: New computer Help

Post by fishmonkey » Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:40 am

passionmax wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:09 pm
I had a laptop in 2019 and I hated it. it constantly throttled because it got so hot. Are the new laptops any better.
the Apple Silicon Macs (M1/M2) run freakishly cool and quiet compared to the Intel machines. it's like night and day.

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