electro-music.com   Dedicated to experimental electro-acoustic
and electronic music
 
    Front Page  |  Radio
 |  Media  |  Forum  |  Wiki  |  Links
Forum with support of Syndicator RSS
 FAQFAQ   CalendarCalendar   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   LinksLinks
 RegisterRegister   ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in  Chat RoomChat Room 
go to the radio page Live at electro-music.com radio 1 Please visit the chat
poster
 Forum index » Instruments and Equipment » OSX as a music workstation
Getting a MacBook?
Post new topic   Reply to topic Moderators: elektro80
Page 1 of 1 [6 Posts]
View unread posts
View new posts in the last week
Mark the topic unread :: View previous topic :: View next topic
Author Message
brinxmat



Joined: Oct 24, 2005
Posts: 262
Location: Norway

PostPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:12 am    Post subject: Getting a MacBook? Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Should I get a badly-specced Dell laptop or a Macbook? If the Macbook is the best option, when do the new models come out? Should I get an older model?

[Edit] I'll be running Linux and Windows -- under Bootcamp? -- too (I may can Mac OS in favour of Linux if it proves too tedious).

_________________
-- Say "&Eth;onne hit wæs hrenig weðer"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
v-un-v
Janitor
Janitor


Joined: May 16, 2005
Posts: 8933
Location: Birmingham, England, UK
Audio files: 11
G2 patch files: 1

PostPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

To be honest- my experience so far is that it is better to keep XP well away from Apple. Bootcamp worked flawlessly until I updated to Leopard. Leopard is an awesome OS, but for some reason which I can't quite fathom, XP under bootcamp flakes out and the computer seems to just turn off with no apparent reason.

VMware Fusion is OK but I really want them to improve the graphics capability, as it is like running my old Dell GX150 Optiplex Shocked

Oh heck what the hell- just go for a Macbook, they are just better on the eyes Cool Laughing

_________________
ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
BobTheDog



Joined: Feb 28, 2005
Posts: 4044
Location: England
Audio files: 32
G2 patch files: 15

PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Its weird you are having problems with bootcamp under Leopard, mine works fine.

What happens, it just powers down after a while?

Andy
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
BobTheDog



Joined: Feb 28, 2005
Posts: 4044
Location: England
Audio files: 32
G2 patch files: 15

PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:05 am    Post subject: Re: Getting a MacBook? Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

brinxmat wrote:
Should I get a badly-specced Dell laptop or a Macbook? If the Macbook is the best option, when do the new models come out? Should I get an older model?

[Edit] I'll be running Linux and Windows -- under Bootcamp? -- too (I may can Mac OS in favour of Linux if it proves too tedious).


I have a MacBook pro and have no problems running XP under bootcamp, infact it is really fast running XP.

I also run it under VMWare fusion but the performance is not great in fusion at the moment. I have talked to the developers and they are working on improveing performance, especially when both cores are turned on.

I must admit I love my MacBook, the only problem I have is that it gets really hot, apart from that its a great machine, I run two versions of XP, Red Hat Server 64 and leopard on it with no problems at all.

Cheers

Andy
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
brinxmat



Joined: Oct 24, 2005
Posts: 262
Location: Norway

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Thanks for all the help. I quite fancy the MacBook, if only because it is better specced than the Dell and that I can do WebObjects development (since Apple seems to have put wind back in that projects sails). Being able to boot all systems is a boon.

The heat shouldn't be a problem, it's too cold in Norway anyway.

_________________
-- Say "&Eth;onne hit wæs hrenig weðer"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
v-un-v
Janitor
Janitor


Joined: May 16, 2005
Posts: 8933
Location: Birmingham, England, UK
Audio files: 11
G2 patch files: 1

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

BobTheDog wrote:


What happens, it just powers down after a while?



Yes. completely at random- no warning. But it never happens when Leopard is running- well yes and no. If I haven't run bootcam for a while I get no problem, but if I run XP, then run Leopard, the problem 'shifts over'.

Can't work it out at all. Confused

Maybe it's a registry thing? Or perhaps I should stop using my Bootcamp partition as my VMware partition as well?

_________________
ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic Moderators: elektro80
Page 1 of 1 [6 Posts]
View unread posts
View new posts in the last week
Mark the topic unread :: View previous topic :: View next topic
 Forum index » Instruments and Equipment » OSX as a music workstation
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Forum with support of Syndicator RSS
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
Copyright © 2003 through 2009 by electro-music.com - Conditions Of Use