Hi On Apr 5, 2011, at 5:32 AM, bigboy529 wrote:
> I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not > urgent. The reason for thinking a mini will be fine is because I'm > currently running a pc with a 2.5 GHz dual core cpu and 2 GB ram and > I'm recording fine. The mini can go up to 2.8 or 9 GHz dual core with > 8 GB RAM, but please tell me what you guys think will I be fine with a > mini? Another thing, is there something like 32 and 64 bit on a mac? > would I be able to use 64 bit software designed for pc and mac and get > the most from it on a mini? > You can not run pc software on a mac. That's why there are mac and windows versions of some software. Yes there are 32 bit and 64 bit versions of sofware. Most of the time people use what's called a universal binary for mac os. It figures out, at run time, if your machine is 64 bit and runs the appropriate mode. Like I mentioned on the pro tools access list, the mini is a core 2 duo at up to 2.66 ghz. This is quite a bit slower than an i5 or i7 at 2.6 ghz. This is do to the architectural changes. HTH --FC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
