[Digital_Hell] OT:macs for music, etc..

[Rob Hoffman]

Rob Brzykcy wrote:
> 
> Ok, Im about to go aprox. 4 grand in the hole to buy the most kik-ass G3..
> 
> Before I do so, I would like some experienced persons to tell me a few
> things..

What the hell are you buying ? My partner just bought a G3 minitower
300mhz with a 21" monitor for about $2600. 

> 
> *how often do they crash?
> 

Not enough to be concerned about.


> *how often to they crash when sequencing? (mainly, im concerned with
> Vision, but others are welcome)
> 

I only seem to crash with Studio Vision when I do something stupid, like
locking to SMPTE, editing digital audio, saving and rewinding all at the
same time. Seriously, I sequence just about everyday, 12-15 hours a day
in sessions and rarely do I crash. Most times it's due to bizzare
timecode garbage from multitrack machines in rewind.


> *how fast are they really when compared to a pentium2?
> 

Don't know. Probably apples and oranges.

> *how well do they run pc software under software emulation?
> 

Depends what you want to run. 

> If I cant get any "oh my god" revelations, I prolly will just save my money
> and buy a Yamaha qy70 or qy700 cuz the mac plus all the software is gonna
> hurt me bad monetarily since I need to rebuy all my sequencer soft and
> hardware.
> 

Some companies might have a platform trade-in policy. It's worthj asking
about.

Rob