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After more than one year spent experimenting with max on windows, i decided to switch to an apple machine. I need a notebook, and like many others i was wondering if i need a macbook or macbook pro. The choice is between a 2.4 ghz macbook with 2GB RAM (which i'm going to upgrade to 4) or a macbook pro 2.4 ghz 2gb ram.

Can u tell me your impressions using both machines with max (and music software in general)

thanks a lot, sorry if it is not such a techy post...

After more than one year spent experimenting with max on windows, i decided to switch to an apple machine. I need a notebook, and like many others i was wondering if i need a macbook or macbook pro. The choice is between a 2.4 ghz macbook with 2GB RAM (which i'm going to upgrade to 4) or a macbook pro 2.4 ghz 2gb ram.
Can u tell me your impressions using both machines with max (and music software in general)
thanks a lot, sorry if it is not such a techy post...


good-patching-machine

I have been using Max 4.6 and now Max 5 on a MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz, 2GB RAM, and it's plenty robust. In fact, it runs Logic Studio with ease. I do have a non-standard hard drive, though, the 7200 rpm one. So I think the Macbook Pro would more than handle your needs.

I'm interested in other opinions too, though, because I'm looking into getting a backup machine, and if the Macbook handles Max, that would be my choice - I don't need to have Logic on an alternate machine.

On Thursday, June 12, 2008, at 01:42PM, "Fabrizio" wrote:

>After more than one year spent experimenting with max on windows, i decided to switch to an apple machine. I need a notebook, and like many others i was wondering if i need a macbook or macbook pro. The choice is between a 2.4 ghz macbook with 2GB RAM (which i'm going to upgrade to 4) or a macbook pro 2.4 ghz 2gb ram.

>Can u tell me your impressions using both machines with max (and music software in general)

>thanks a lot, sorry if it is not such a techy post...

I have been using Max 4.6 and now Max 5 on a MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz, 2GB RAM, and it's plenty robust.  In fact, it runs Logic Studio with ease.  I do have a non-standard hard drive, though, the 7200 rpm one.  So I think the Macbook Pro would more than handle your needs.

On Thursday, June 12, 2008, at 01:42PM, "Fabrizio"  wrote:
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>After more than one year spent experimenting with max on windows, i decided to switch to an apple machine. I need a notebook, and like many others i was wondering if i need a macbook or macbook pro. The choice is between a 2.4 ghz macbook with 2GB RAM (which i'm going to upgrade to 4) or a macbook pro 2.4 ghz 2gb ram.
>Can u tell me your impressions using both machines with max (and music software in general)
>thanks a lot, sorry if it is not such a techy post...
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>
>


unless your going to use jitter, or other GPU intensive stuff get a mac

The main difference is the intel integrated graphics chip on the macbook

versus the nvidia graphics on the mac book pro. (there are other differences

ie the pci-e card slot and firewire 800 on the pro but not the macbook) but

the main one is the gpu. If you dont need a real gpu, then congrats you just

otherwise they are essentially the same machine.

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Fabrizio 

> After more than one year spent experimenting with max on windows, i decided

> to switch to an apple machine. I need a notebook, and like many others i was

> wondering if i need a macbook or macbook pro. The choice is between a 2.4

> ghz macbook with 2GB RAM (which i'm going to upgrade to 4) or a macbook pro

> Can u tell me your impressions using both machines with max (and music

> thanks a lot, sorry if it is not such a techy post...

unless your going to use jitter, or other GPU intensive stuff get a mac
book.

The main difference is the intel integrated graphics chip on the macbook
versus the nvidia graphics on the mac book pro. (there are other differences
ie the pci-e card slot and firewire 800 on the pro but not the macbook) but
the main one is the gpu. If you dont need a real gpu, then congrats you just
save yourself a grand.

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Fabrizio 
wrote:

>
> After more than one year spent experimenting with max on windows, i decided
> to switch to an apple machine. I need a notebook, and like many others i was
> wondering if i need a macbook or macbook pro. The choice is between a 2.4
> ghz macbook with 2GB RAM (which i'm going to upgrade to 4) or a macbook pro
> 2.4 ghz 2gb ram.
> Can u tell me your impressions using both machines with max (and music
> software in general)
> thanks a lot, sorry if it is not such a techy post...
>
>

thanks for your advice. It was actually what i thought. I was just wondering if patching on a 13" isn't headache prone... though i think 1280x800 is quite fine.

another simple quest... is it possible to have two licences for both a win and apple machine without an ilok?

> thanks for your advice. It was actually what i thought. I was just

> wondering if patching on a 13" isn't headache prone... though i think

The smaller screen is an argument for the MacBook. My 12" Powerbook made 

me happier than a 15" could have ever done...

You are forced to organize your space better, that leads to better 

patching, that leads to less bugs, that leads to happier patching...

Fabrizio schrieb:
> thanks for your advice. It was actually what i thought. I was just
> wondering if patching on a 13" isn't headache prone... though i think
> 1280x800 is quite fine.

The smaller screen is an argument for the MacBook. My 12" Powerbook made 
me happier than a 15" could have ever done...
You are forced to organize your space better, that leads to better 
patching, that leads to less bugs, that leads to happier patching...

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good patching machine