| MacBook Pro- advise needed. [message #92837] |
Sun, 18 November 2007 06:40  |
emarenot
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I'm just askin', and I'd rather get the info from you guys than a
sales-person. Anyhow, this is a serious bunch of questions. Worlds hang in
the balance ;-) A firiend of mine is considering buying a Mac Book Pro with
the following specs
Apple MacBook Pro Notebook Computer Features:
15" widescreen display
..2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
667MHz frontside bus and main memory
2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
PCI Express architecture
120GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics controller
ExpressCard/34 slot
One FireWire 400 port, one FireWire 800 port, two USB 2.0 ports
Slot-loading SuperDrive
Mac OS X Tiger
He's got an MBox for an interface, FW output. 1999.00. He's pretty
committed to using a laptop -wants to be able to bring it to possible
(occasional) gigs, and to friend's house to do some lite duty recording.
He's really interested in Live. Any thoughts on the laptop? (One thing I
generally don't like about laptops is that I can't get in there and replace
or upgrade components like I can in some sort of tower configuration. Is
this true for macbooks, or are they more accessable?) Can this thing be
loaded with a second drive or do you have to use an external HD? If so,
what's fast enough to do audio production? I'm so used to setting up
internal drives and only using external drives for backups. I'm also
wondering if Live will be able to work with his Mbox. As I understand it
though he's probably going to buy a separate audio interface for the laptop,
so, if any of you kind folks have thoughts on other portable, laptop
compatable interfaces I'd be interested in hearing them. I'm guessing his
budget will probabaly be around 500.00 for the AI.
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memory</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PCI Express architecture</FONT></DIV>
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USB 2.0 ports</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Slot-loading SuperDrive</FONT></DIV>
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output. =20
1999.00. He's pretty committed to using a laptop -wants to be able =
to=20
bring it to possible (occasional) gigs, and to friend's house to do some =
lite=20
duty recording. He's really interested in Live. Any thoughts =
on the=20
laptop? (One thing I generally don't like about laptops is that I =
can't=20
get in there and replace or upgrade components like I can in some sort =
of tower=20
configuration. Is this true for macbooks, or are they more =
accessable?)=20
Can this thing be loaded with a second drive or do you have to use an =
external=20
HD? If so, what's fast enough to do audio production? I'm so =
used to=20
setting up internal drives and only using external drives for =
backups. I'm=20
also wondering if Live will be able to work with his Mbox. As I =
understand=20
it though he's probably going to buy a separate audio interface for the =
laptop,=20
so, if any of you kind folks have thoughts on other portable, =
laptop=20
compatable interfaces I'd be interested in hearing them. I'm =
guessing his=20
budget will probabaly be around 500.00 for the AI. =20
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