Minimum MAC Requirement

eertech · Post by **eertech** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:58 pm

I'm going to buy a PowerBook or an IBook in the next couple of months probaly used or refurbished. I know the min. req. for live is a G3, but what do you guys recomend?

bensuthers · Post by **bensuthers** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:27 am

as fast as you can possibly afford.

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:22 am

I've used a G3 900 for the better part of a year with no problems except that, well, more than one of the live reverbs is out. I don't mind though.

Still only using v3. With v4 and VSTs, you'll need more bang.

-Paws

EnjoyRC · Post by **EnjoyRC** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:58 pm

noisetonepause wrote:I've used a G3 900 for the better part of a year with no problems except that, well, more than one of the live reverbs is out. I don't mind though.

Hey noiseonepause, try Wave Arts MasterVerb. It sounds as good as LIVE's reverbs and it uses far less CPU.

dcs · Post by **dcs** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:43 am

An iBook can only take 640 MB of RAM; more RAM is always good. Get the Powerbook and put in a Gig.

Consider upgrading the slow factory installed hard drive with a faster one. These are supposed to be the fastest laptop drives:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 020&depa=0

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:17 pm

At home I use a powerbook g4 550, at my studio I have an old g3 450 tower. One of those white dual usb ibooks could probably be had pretty cheap, and they're 500mhz g3's... that's probably a good starting point