R_Rbnsn Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Hi, I've been recording using my Macbook for a couple of years now and it's always served me well, however it's now come to the point where I want to start running a more pro setup with a desktop mac. I know *a bit* about specs but I could really do with some advice as I'm no expert. My budget is up to £1000 and it would be used pretty much only for recording in Logic 9 (although I might do some video production too) and an iMac "all in one" setup would be preferable given limited space - ideally with a screen no larger than 21.5" So far what I've been looking at are Mac Pros and iMacs with the following minimum specs but it seems to be a bit of a minefield, (I've see Mac Pro's for £900 with only 2gb of RAM - surely not fast enough for recording?) so any help or pointers would be much appreciated. This is the sort of specs I've been looking for with my limited knowledge: 8gb of RAM or more 500gb hard disk or more i5 processor (for iMac) 10.6 operating system (so I can run Logic 9) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Don't forget the Mac Mini Server. It has 2 internal HDs and an i7 quad-core cpu and you can choose your monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 The specs you're listing look good. You could get that from an entry 21.5" iMac with an 8GB RAM upgrade. That would be a great choice. However you won't get any new Mac installed with 10.6, so I'd recommend you work in 10.7 unless you run into problems (not everyone does). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_Rbnsn Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Thanks for the advice. I've gone ahead and ordered this: http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FC812B/A I intend to upgrade the RAM to 16gb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Great. Congrats on your new purchase, you'll be very happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_Rbnsn Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Great. Congrats on your new purchase, you'll be very happy. Just one final question... I presume that upgrading the RAM from 4gb to 16gb just entails me buying the extra memory to put in the slots underneath? To make it 16gb I presume I'll have to take out the 2x 2gb RAM chips (currently in two slots) and put in 4x 4gb (using all 4 slots)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_Rbnsn Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Thanks everyone for all the help. I now have the iMac (loving it!) and have upgraded the RAM to 16gb. Really enjoying using it. Here's my setup for those of you that are interested: 21.5" iMac (2.7ghZ, 1 TB hard disk drive, 16gb RAM, OSX Lion) Tascam US-1641 Audio Interface M-Audio BX5A monitors Korg Microkey 37 MIDI controller keyboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Thanks everyone for all the help. I now have the iMac (loving it!) and have upgraded the RAM to 16gb. Really enjoying using it. Awesome. Looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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