new intel imac + live 5.03 tested

Post by **Alex** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:15 pm

Hi folks,

take a look at this:
http://www.ableton.com/index.php?main=n ... ac_support

regards,
/Alex

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:34 pm

perhaps you should make a sticky forum announcement about this Alex?
it's a pretty hot topic to be burried down here in this thread

nobbystylus · Post by **nobbystylus** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:39 pm

Good news indeed. Well i'm more tempted by a iMac intel now, rather than a iMac G5.

sadmac · Post by **sadmac** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:03 pm

netchaiev wrote:Keep your G4 man, the intel ones are prototypes as of now. Plus no software coming in Universal binary so hold your fire. Somewhere in September might come a true super machine, making it worth the effort. I'm not trading mine as of now.
As Radeon said, I too wish that live would work about as well on Mac than on PC.
A UB version would be nice for all of us.
Btw, there's been some small test on the new machines(iMacs) w/ iLife 06. Well you get around 10 to 20% increase. Not much.
If anything, get a gig of ram and a fast HD (like 7200) and you'd be more than good until Rev. C!

i ve got 1.5 gig of ram and it works very good. but you know this 4x thing make me wondering. thank you for the reply sergei genadievic...it helps

shaneblyth · Post by **shaneblyth** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:45 am

sadmac wrote:I just got a power book g4 1.67 ghz and i read that the new power mac dual core is 4 timesa faster!!!
I am dissapointed... Is that true?
Do they have this big difference in using music software and especially ableton???

i just tried the new imac intel with garage band 3 which is now universal and found it was not that much faster at all. I am sticking with my powerbook 1.5ghz with 1 gig ram and dropping a 7200 rpm drive in it.. Your powerbook will do u well for a long time so dont stress it.. people make great music on alot less powerful systems
the new imac is not 4x the speed in garageband only about 25 to 40% max.. I was a bit disapointed. the other thing was that there was no drivers for my firewire external audio interfaces (tascam)
you'll have a very stable system that runs everything and has enough grunt

studio615 · Post by **studio615** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:43 pm

I have to agree, my new 7200rpm drive really breathed some life into my 1.67ghz g4 powerbook. I'm waiting here as well, maybe as long as a year. This already does way more than I need it to. Max out 'yer ram, and beef up the hard drive, and you be good to go.

sadmac · Post by **sadmac** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:40 pm

thank you both.

How could i ''max'' my ram and have this 7200 rpm think in my hard drive?

I am sorry but i am far less from a mac expert..

thank you again

shaneblyth · Post by **shaneblyth** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:30 pm

studio615 wrote:Max out 'yer ram,... and you be good to go.

how much ram have u in your powerbook.. i have 1 gig at the moment but was thinking of taking it to 1.5g I dont use hardly anything in the way of softsynths I just use audio loops and record my own audio and midi in there too as i have a very expensive keyboard with some amazing sounds
what do you recon ? is putting more ram going tp beef her up at all with this setup?

cheers

mocker · Post by **mocker** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:14 am

studio615 wrote:I have to agree, my new 7200rpm drive really breathed some life into my 1.67ghz g4 powerbook. I'm waiting here as well, maybe as long as a year. This already does way more than I need it to. Max out 'yer ram, and beef up the hard drive, and you be good to go.

I second that. changing the hard drive to a faster one makes a huge difference. Kind of tricky to do it yourself though. I did it with unpredictable aethetic consequences... Not too bad but brought me close to a heart attack... I recommend having it done by your local vendor/specialist, then if he fucks up, you're covered.

netchaiev · Post by **netchaiev** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:07 pm

I did change it myself, w/ lots of patience.. there's lots of tutorials to do it.. you'd need a few tools (like a torx driver,..). you need a big table to organise all the screws.. It's not such a big deal actually.
But having some legit dude doing it, is a safe bet though(warranty and all).
And yeah, i had a few cold-sweat over it!

Zky · Post by **Zky** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:34 pm

also u can always use a slim external drive.there are some very thin wich dont make too much hassle to move around