davidberglund Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Hi, I want to buy either a Mac Mini or a Mac Book Pro so I can use Logic Pro X... The only question I have is what kind of specifications do I need to run bigger projects? Kind Regards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 What is your budget? A new Mac mini is pointless, no power whatsoever. You can find a used 15-inch MBP from 2012 with an i7 on craigslist for 600 bucks or so. You definitely want quad-core CPUs, preferably i7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Well, it kinda depends what you mean by "bigger projects"...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidberglund Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 My budget is around 1000 dollars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidberglund Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 And with bigger projects I basically just want a Mac that doesnt lag when I have many VSTs open and so on... Hope you understand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 My budget is around 1000 dollars! You can find a used 15-inch MBP from 2012 with an i7 on craigslist for 600 bucks or so. With the rest of the money get a good external USB 3 drive that spins at 7200 rpm for your projects. And with these older laptops you can swap out the HD and put an SSD in it all by yourself if that doesn't scare you: https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/SSD7E6G480 https://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/macbookpro_15_unibody_mid12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidberglund Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 If I have a 4k screen I want to connect it to, would it decrease the performance too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidberglund Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 And how well would a brand new Macbook Pro handle bigger projects, editing and so on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 And how well would a brand new Macbook Pro handle bigger projects, editing and so on? Any current or reasonably recent Mac is fine for running Logic. If you plan on running 400 track virtual orchestra scores for quick film/TV turnaround, you'll probably want something a bit better than a MBP, but for regular folks, there's plenty of power for a lot of audio tracks and FX plugins. Don't expect to run 50 instances of 8-part Omnisphere polyphonic instruments all live though, there are limits, but there is plenty of power for most productions, and freezing/bouncing will help anyway. Don't go for less than 16GB ram, minimum, would be a useful thing to note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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