I've got Macbook Pro lust again, it comes on every few years and I usually come to my senses and buy something else. Recent issues with the netbook, getting on really well with the iphone and actually having the money for one this time are all giving me reasons to go mac.
The 13" looks pretty perfect for performing/spare time in airports. What to do, hmm?
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
New era
(FYI: One for the nerds)
For the past something years i've been making music and doing all my day-to-day tasks on laptops, first a centrino-based acer from famicom connection to verao, a short stint with a dualcore vaio upto what i'm currently using as my main pc - an atom based msi netbook.
While the msi wind is great for mobility, it lacks power and ableton has a really hard time doing much with it even with a ram upgrade, so today i've bitten the bullet and for the first time in almost a decade pieced together and ordered a brand new desktop.
CPU: Quad Q6600 2.4ghz (can stock oc to 3hgz+ i'm told..)
RAM: 4GB PC6400
HDD: x2 500GB 7200rpm
GPU: 9600GT 512mb (will eventually swap this out for a newer card or SLI it with another 9600)
MONITOR: 22" Samsung LCD
With the case/mobo/psu and a copy of xp64 sp3 (will be banging win7beta on it too) it came to just over £550 which i'm chuffed with - Not cutting edge by any standard but it's definately something that's going to make a HELL of a difference to to my productivity and how well produced my stuff sounds. And er you know, I might even be able to see what all this fuss about crysis is :p
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For the past something years i've been making music and doing all my day-to-day tasks on laptops, first a centrino-based acer from famicom connection to verao, a short stint with a dualcore vaio upto what i'm currently using as my main pc - an atom based msi netbook.
While the msi wind is great for mobility, it lacks power and ableton has a really hard time doing much with it even with a ram upgrade, so today i've bitten the bullet and for the first time in almost a decade pieced together and ordered a brand new desktop.
CPU: Quad Q6600 2.4ghz (can stock oc to 3hgz+ i'm told..)
RAM: 4GB PC6400
HDD: x2 500GB 7200rpm
GPU: 9600GT 512mb (will eventually swap this out for a newer card or SLI it with another 9600)
MONITOR: 22" Samsung LCD
With the case/mobo/psu and a copy of xp64 sp3 (will be banging win7beta on it too) it came to just over £550 which i'm chuffed with - Not cutting edge by any standard but it's definately something that's going to make a HELL of a difference to to my productivity and how well produced my stuff sounds. And er you know, I might even be able to see what all this fuss about crysis is :p
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