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Hey guys.

If you were given a $4000.00 US budget and told to buy the best desktop computer (excluding monitor & video card) you could for running Live 6 and other audio-related apps, what would you choose and why?

Kind Regards,
Alister

id get the macbook pro with 2.33ghz 3gb of ram(they got that shit now on the applesite!!!!)80 gb hard drive ($2,300) with Duende(SSL External DSP with the plug ins up to 32 channels with ssl plugins at once.)$1600.

leaves you with a bout 100 bucks, sell some crack then use that money with the 100 bucks to buy a nice external hard drive.

Mac Pro quad core with third-party ram, 2-4 gigs, and a few extra disks.

Those things are some of the craziest machines ever.

i agree with machinate there. but that's a noisy machine.

y hav there been like 90 views yet only 3 posts... i dontget it????????
do ppl think that this is a stupid question>????????


i would really appreciatesome more advice

mr.pk wrote:y hav there been like 90 views yet only 3 posts... i dontget it????????
do ppl think that this is a stupid question>????????


i would really appreciatesome more advice

haterzzz....

with $4000 i would definitely get the best mac i could find period. i would either wait until some new ones come out, or if i had to get one now, i would get the most powerful one i could find which as we already said is a maxxxxed out quad.

If it were me - I'd get a fully sweet Mac Pro with like 4GBs or RAM. And at least 2 huge hard drives.

That's cos I like Apples.

mr.pk wrote:Hey guys.

If you were given a $4000.00 US budget and told to buy the best desktop computer (excluding monitor & video card) you could for running Live 6 and other audio-related apps, what would you choose and why?

Kind Regards,
Alister

a macpro with plenty of ram and additional glyph drives.

Here's an important question: Laptop or Desktop? What other gear do you have to buy? will you need to purchase live6 and the other apps with that $4000? what about monitors? an interface?

Eh? Either you're being really sarcastic, or you totally didn't read the post

Get a cheap laptop, and go on holiday for a week with the left over dosh. Just an idea.

If i was sober and rationally (which is hard), I would buy a PC with Core2Duo,
2 GB Ram and two HDs for about 2000 or even less, put away the other 2000
and buy a new computer in 2 or three years.

Doing this, you will have a really powerfull and "up-to-date" Audio-Computer
for the next 5 years or so.
Spending 4000 now won t give you that.

Nothing changes and lowers it s value as much as Computers, if you want to
spend 4000, there are NICE options for the other 2000:

Fireface 400,

good Monitor-Speaker,

a nice and BIG Screen,

a good micro,

a nice Toy like an MPC, Guitar, Bass.... all will give you longer fun & help your music.

But that s just what parents would say. (They are right sometimes, i fear)

^^^^^^^^^^

To the Doctor you listen. Sensible advice that is!



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20 or 24" imac core2duo w/ 2gb ram should be suffice, I'm going to get one of them as I've got a dell 2407WFP monitor too, but if it's a notebook? BY FAR go for the 15" macbook pro

17 might be too bulky, but im a big bloke so 17" isn't thaat huge for me