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22nd August 2006
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hotlanta
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Thread Starter  | Mac PRO's i wanna buy one of these this weekend. probably the quad 2.66, but i don't wanna spend 2500 if my software isn't gonna work... i was gonna dual boot osx and windows... under windows i need to know if this software will work: Nuendo 3(new 3.2.1 update) Wavelab 5 Sony ch architect 5.2 Waves SSL4000 and plat bundle Atliverb 5 and just a crazy amount of vsti's that i have. the price is cool now.. i remember when the regular slow ass G5 was 2500.. but for a xeon quad.. i'll pay for it...just wanna know if it'll work.... |
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23rd August 2006
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| Gear nut Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: at the studio
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| Ummm, of course they will work. Windows (via BootCamp) is NOT emulation. It IS simply a souped up PC that can also run OSX. Period. BTW - i have a quad G5 (and a MacbookPro and MacMini Intel) - and the G5 is not slow .... anyways - enjoy, and you better buy more RAM ... i prefer 6 gigs in my Mac Desktops 
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23rd August 2006
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK
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| lol @ g5's being slow even dual 1.8's aren't exactly slow, they rock |
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23rd August 2006
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hotlanta
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i use to work with a dual 2.7 everyday... maxed it out all the time... i haven't maxed out my intel 960 once yet. a sessions i did last week wouldn't even load on the 2.7 the cpu meter was maxed out.. but with the intel 960 it loaded just fine and the session was at 68-75% during playback...when i overclocked the 960 by 10% the session was at 50% so i stand by how i feel about the old G5's... however.. i know someone with a intel mac dual core that performed so well i know the Quad is gonna be even better...  i'm going to the apple store tomorrow to go get it.. i'ma get the Quad 2.66 probably unless they have a quad 3 in the store | ||
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23rd August 2006
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A stoned throw from ground zero
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| The Mac Pros are incredible machines, but Apple has upped the notch requiring FB ECC RAM. You'll want a bare minimum of 2 GB and preferabley 4 GB to get rolling on any major work. Right now prices for the correct Apple guaranteed FB ECC RAM is running about $168.00 per GB in single 1 GB DIMMS. I'm sure these prices will come down, but it's a serious consideration for anyone looking to purchase a Mac Pro. |
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23rd August 2006
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hotlanta
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Thread Starter | thats not an issue for me.. one thing i was thinking about..... since its a mac, but i'm gonna dual boot.... will something like the Duende being mac only right now work on the windows side??? |
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23rd August 2006
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A stoned throw from ground zero
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| If you set up a native Windows partition via Boot Camp and you have a Windows version of the application, it should work. I guess it all depends on the application's system requirements. |
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