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Hi, I am about to replace my old G-4 desktop. I do not want to wait for the new Intel powermacs and would like to know if the new Intel Macbooks are faster than the current G-5 desktops (powermac), for Logic mostly.

Thanks

Well Logic 7 is extremely ( multi processor )G5 coded, dont know yet if Logic Universals were announced at the Messe ( maybe someone can confirm ). Im a PC dood myself but from the performance ive seen using Logic on some nice dual and quad G5 systems i really cant see how you could need much more than that. Im also guessing you can get a PPC mac at a nicer price these days, remember universal binary means it still works on a PPC chip or chips...

Adamjay just made a post referring to a post that Orren (of logic tutorial authorship, and enormous dog fame) about how if you jump for a 7200 over a standard 5400 and you pput (I beleieve) a total of 2.5gb of ram in it, you actually will get a significant INCREASE in the macbooks over a dual g5.

I would search but I need to run! Good luck!

i would go for an intel mac logic 7.2 is binary. it's blazing fast, logic is so fantastic optimised for macs.

if you can wait for Universal Binaries of your favorite plugins then definitely go for a macbook pro. the dual 2.0ghz macbook that I have is about as powerful as a dual 2.3ghz G5.

logic runs beautifully on it!

Again, Logic runs great on G5 PPC chips too, so if you are mostly using Logic and want to put a couple bucks towards more gear grab yourself a dual G5, ive seen them comming down in price by lots lately. Dont need to splurge on a mactel just yet, wait till the binaries run free...
MIK

Judging from the results Macbook owners are getting, I would probably get one of these over a G5: Better performance and, in the long run, developers will release updates for Intel Macs ONLY, which would leave you without updates if you own a G5.