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Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
edited December 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
I'm looking to buy a laptop and I'm not really sure where to start. I basically need something for internet use, e-mail, and some recording. Just very basic recording to lay down some ideas and demos and then once I have about 10 or 12 solid songs I would take them to get professionally recorded. Any ideas on where I should start. I know Mac comes with Garageband which is pretty cool but also a lot more expensive than a PC. Macs seems to run a lot better than PC's with fewer problems too so I need some advice on which route to take. Mac or PC?? Keep in mind I won't be doing professional recording at home but I want to do some recording to get ideas for songs. Let the musicians do their job and the engineers and producers do their job.

Thanks
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    I would go Mac, but then again, I'm writing that on my Dell PC.

    Don't worry so much about processor size/speed. A good motherboard would be nice (at least an 800 MHz Front-side buss). A lot of RAM; 1 GB on Mac or 2 GB on PC, minimum. I would personally say get a decent-size hard drive but not huge, and then get an external hard drive for the music stuff.

    Mac's, in my opinion, are a much better computer, but for the same price as a Mac laptop, you could get a similar PC with a DigiDesign MBox and a couple decent mics. It's a tough choice, but you'll be fine either way.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    I would go Mac, but then again, I'm writing that on my Dell PC.

    Don't worry so much about processor size/speed. A good motherboard would be nice (at least an 800 MHz Front-side buss). A lot of RAM; 1 GB on Mac or 2 GB on PC, minimum. I would personally say get a decent-size hard drive but not huge, and then get an external hard drive for the music stuff.

    Mac's, in my opinion, are a much better computer, but for the same price as a Mac laptop, you could get a similar PC with a DigiDesign MBox and a couple decent mics. It's a tough choice, but you'll be fine either way.
  • Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    I would go Mac, but then again, I'm writing that on my Dell PC.

    Don't worry so much about processor size/speed. A good motherboard would be nice (at least an 800 MHz Front-side buss). A lot of RAM; 1 GB on Mac or 2 GB on PC, minimum. I would personally say get a decent-size hard drive but not huge, and then get an external hard drive for the music stuff.

    Mac's, in my opinion, are a much better computer, but for the same price as a Mac laptop, you could get a similar PC with a DigiDesign MBox and a couple decent mics. It's a tough choice, but you'll be fine either way.
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