Re: Which Mac, and specs?

2013-03-04 Thread Kevin Reeves
If you were to get the 2010 or 2011 macbook pro, you could remove the optical drive and put a secondary hd in using a bracket from OWC called the Data Doubler. I did this last summer and it works great. My main drive is a 120 gb ssd, and my secondary drive is a 750 gb 7200 rpm hybrid drive with

Re: Which Mac, and specs?

2013-03-04 Thread Gordon Kent
Hi: Well, I have a Macbook pro with a 500gb ssd and 8gb ram, a quad core i7. It is around two years old now but still kicks. If I were to want to set it up for dual booting I would want more hard drive space. PT sessions and sample libraries eat up a lot of drive space and though I have plen

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2013-03-04 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
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Re: Which Mac, and specs?

2013-03-04 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. That is a very good choice, but, as others have mentioned, go for a second internal hard drive for session files, or, go for an external thunderbolt or firewire 800 drive. Cameron. On 3/4/13, Jim Noseworthy wrote: > Peter: > > You might think about the Mac Mini Server which comes with two

Re: Some boot camp questions quick responses very much appreciated

2013-03-04 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. Yes, you can use any USB 1/2/3 device or firewire 400/800 device with the Thunderbolt port. Also, you can use pce and pcmcia adapters if you had gear that required it. Cameron. On 3/4/13, rickyprevatte wrote: > How about the thunderbolt port could that be used with a hard drive external >

Re: Some boot camp questions quick responses very much appreciated

2013-03-04 Thread rickyprevatte
How about the thunderbolt port could that be used with a hard drive external hard drive I'm going to revive this topic I too I'm thinking about getting a MacBook Pro or staying with the PC I have not got ProTools yet but I'm hearing from Apple that logic is becoming more accessible and that and

RE: Which Mac, and specs?

2013-03-04 Thread Jim Noseworthy
Peter: You might think about the Mac Mini Server which comes with two hard drives. I use one and also use bootcamp. Cheers. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Poppa Bear Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 12:13 PM To: ptaccess@g

Re: Which Mac, and specs?

2013-03-04 Thread Poppa Bear
It is really going to depend on your needs. Will you be recording personal projects, will you be attempting to use it as a foundation for a recording studio? In short, with my small knowledge I think it will be very ataquit for personal needs. I have a friend who I shared my studio with and he u

Which Mac, and specs?

2013-03-04 Thread Peter Bosher
Hi All, I'm a Mac virgin, and am about to get my first one with a view to learning ProTools, but I also want to use Boot Camp so that I can run Sonar under Windows to keep working on existing projects. I've been looking at the whole Mac range and should really appreciate some advice from those