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YMMV Talk soon CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com www.SoundPictureRecording.com 954-742-0019 GUFFAWING :) In GOD I Trust On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:37 AM, rickyprevatte wrote: > 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 > ProTools would definitely do what I want to do it music I'm using the > personas 60 note > > Ricky Prevatte LMBT 1154 http://www.rickyprevattemassage.com > > > On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Monkey Pusher <monkeypushe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I believe the 13 inch are the ones that are limited to dual core >> processors. gotta go with a 15 inch if you want quad core in a laptop. >> Yeah cuz its an after market mod you would have to siled out the >> drive bay and put the cdrom drive back in if you had to take it in. T >> That being said, I challenge you to name a PC maker who has a warranty >> like apple care despite the fact you will have to swap the original >> part back in. >> >> On 2/26/13, Brian Casey <brian_w_ca...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> Thanks for those thoughts. >>> >>> Yeah I'm confidednt of the performance of these new macbooks, but funnily >>> enough I'm having trouble figuring the macbook pro vs retina thing on the >>> mac website....maybe the macbook pro without retina are restricted to dual >>> core processors an d8 gigs ram or something, must check again. >>> >>> One thing swaying me back to buying a purpose built laptop for windows to >>> tie me over is I can get one with two internal hard rivdes, one ssd and one >>> sata 7200 rpm like you say without ruining my warrantee. >>> >>> If I remember correctly dropping in a new hard drive into a macbook is an >>> issue there, but I guess you coul dalways swop it back if an issue arose, >>> but that's not particularly honest. >>> >>> Brian. >>> >>> >>> From: TheOreoMonster >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:52 PM >>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Some boot camp questions quick responses very much appreciated >>> >>> >>> Any of the current Gen mac book pros or mac book pros retina should be fine. >>> When you Boot Camp, apple provides you with all the windows drivers for the >>> internal hardware of that speciffic computer so everything will work well >>> under windows. If you get a current gen mac book pro with 8 or 16gb of ram >>> it will handle sonar and etc fine. The advantage to a macbook pro over a >>> mac book retina is you can remove the cd rom drive and put in a second HD f >>> you want anduse the CD rom drive as an external drive. If you travel alot >>> this allows you to have two internal drives and not have to worry abut an >>> external HD. As far as the second drive or external HD you want that one to >>> be a 7200 rpm drive or higher, not a solid state drive as those aren't made >>> to handle being constantly written to like they would be when recording. It >>> can handle it fine but it will shorten the life of solid state drives the >>> more you constatntly write to them as in a recording session. Solid state >>> drives are fine for the main boot drives and I highly recommend them for >>> that. >>> >>> On Feb 26, 2013, at 6:23 AM, Brian Casey wrote: >>> >>> >>> Thanks Chris, >>> >>> >>> From: Chris >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:10 AM >>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Some boot camp questions quick responses very much >>> appreciated >>> >>> >>> Hire Brian. >>> >>> >>> I use a macbook in my studio, and though its not anywhere near >>> professional, I don't have any problems with it, and its far from new, or >>> even good spec. >>> >>> >>> On the boot camp side, I rub that too, and it seems to do fine, although I >>> only use it for less than demanding tasks. One thing I particularly like is >>> that you can use the headphone jack, and the laptop speakers at the same >>> time. Not sure if this is intentional, but its cool anyways. >>> >>> >>> Only thing I'd say, is probably avoid windows 8, as I find a lot of times >>> the sound doesn't load up on start-up and I am forced to use a braille >>> display to get it back. >>> >>> >>> I know nothing about drives, other than that I an using a western digital >>> drive. >>> >>> >>> Anyways, hope I helped somewhat, and hopefully someone with more knowledge >>> of these subjects can step in and tell you more. >>> >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On 26 Feb 2013, at 08:25, "Brian Casey" <brian_w_ca...@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Appologies firstly, as some of these questions aren't directly PT >>> related, but they all relate to me jumping back into protools, and really >>> this list is the best knowledge base for this. >>> >>> Basically my studio windows machine is giving trouble and the daw >>> builder in the UK I got it from is being very awkward with tech support, but >>> my studio business is getting busier and busier and I'm under a lot of >>> pressure. >>> >>> I had planned on getting a laptop to complement my windows daw as I >>> travel a bit and it would allow me to keep up with editing etc, and for >>> affordability I was going to go windows custom daw again with the laptop, >>> particularly as I don't feel I have time to get up to speed with protools >>> having dipped my toes in with it right when 8.0.4 came out and I had access >>> to a mac/pt rig. >>> >>> Anyway, with my studio machine embarrassing me in front of clients and >>> my previous wish to have a mobile solution, I'm now thinking I'll get a top >>> of the range macbook and it should be more powerful than my 2 years old 2.8 >>> ghz quad core i5 windows machine, so it could function as my windows based >>> daw, and I can in parallel be getting propperly comfortable with VO on the >>> OSX side of my system partition. >>> >>> I need this machine soon so any contributions from listers would be >>> appreciated on the following: >>> >>> 1. anyone here running a studio off a Macbook. I know technically bang >>> for buck is never as good in terms of processing heft etc when you go for >>> the mobile solutions, but stability etc should be fine shouldn't it? Apple >>> can be trusted on this front surely? >>> 2. One of the reasons I decided a macbook is the best choice for me even >>> running windows is that I'll need an internal audio chip in whatever system >>> I get for jaws feedback, but this would kind of throw a cat in amung the >>> pigeons when buying a windows custom daw, but I'm thinking the apple >>> internal audio chip probably works flawlessly with windows and doesn't tend >>> to clash with hardware/sequencers etc on the windows side. Is this a fair >>> assumtion to make? To me it may seem like a safer bet than some windows >>> based laptop using a real teq chip or god knows what not. It’s a bit more of >>> a known quantity. >>> 3. On the same note, I know that under the mac os the core audio and >>> internal soun dchip in the macbook is perfectly acceptable and can run at >>> acceptable latencies with logic or even PT for mixing etc when on the go, >>> would the same hold true on the windows side. How for example would that >>> built in hardware work for me with sonar to tie me over while I get ready to >>> jump to pt. Are there asio/wdm drivers that run well with the apple audio >>> hardware in the macbook or what's the story there. >>> 4. A more PT related question. Anyone have recommendations with regard >>> to external thunderbolt/usb 3.0 drives. I take it 7200 rpm sata drives are >>> still a better choice than solid state in this regard, has avid given the >>> green light to any thunderbolt stuff yet? Is anyone using/liking anything in >>> particular for their audio drive? All other thoughts on that side of things >>> are welcome. >>> >>> I willl post these questions on midi mag also, but there aren't so many >>> mac users there, so I hope you all forgive the relatively off topic post as >>> I'm in a bit of a professional crisis. >>> >>> I'd have much prefered to gentley get into the world of mac/pt in a >>> years time or more like I had planned, but circumstances right now seem to >>> point to it being a good choice to go with mac now. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Brian. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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