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Discussion in 'REAKTOR' started by pauncy, Jan 11, 2006.

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  1. pauncy

    pauncy Forum Member

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    Just when I had resigned myself to going over to the dark side and replacing my ailing G4 Powerbook 667 with a Windows laptop, the Mac Book Pro arrives to save the day. I dare anyone to advise me against it...

    Open fire!
     
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    pauncy, Jan 11, 2006
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  2. JPaul23

    JPaul23 NI Product Owner

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    I could do with one, it;s pissin' down
     
    JPaul23, Jan 11, 2006
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  3. nedfx

    nedfx NI Product Owner

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    As soon as enough apps are ported over (nudge, nudge), I'll be making the leap too.
     
    nedfx, Jan 11, 2006
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  4. DeadBunny

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    Im not too keen on getting new technology as soon as it comes out.
    Im going to wait a while for all the impatient people who got one to find all the bugs in it and for Apple to and NI to release updates and then I will be all over it.
     
    DeadBunny, Jan 12, 2006
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  5. sowari

    sowari Moderator Moderator

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    i am with you on this.

    sowari
     
    sowari, Jan 12, 2006
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  6. penaten creme

    penaten creme NI Product Owner

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    if each people would think like you, we never had the wheel;(
     
    penaten creme, Jan 12, 2006
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  7. richardl

    richardl NI Product Owner

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    First, in spite of the hype about Rosetta it can't run everything. It apparently does worst with highly optimized realtime software like digital audio applications and plugins. The current PowerPC versions of Apple's Pro applications like Logic, FinalCut Pro and Soundtrack Pro don't run under Rosetta. So you may need to wait and get updates of any audio applications or plugins to Universal binaries before they will even run on the new systems. Most likely only the latest versions of software will be updated to Universal binaries. Some of these may be free of low cost upgrades, but others may require purchasing upgrades to latest or next versions.

    Second your devices like MIDI controllers, audio I/O boxes, control surfaces will mostly likely require updated drivers. Discontinued products may not get updated.

    Third only Universal or Intel plugins will run in Universal or Intel applications. Only Universal or PowerPC plugins will run in PowerPC applications running in Rosetta mode.

    Lastly, the backup plan of running Windows on the new Macs won't work because of an incompatibility between Windows XP and the new systems' bootstrapping system.

    If you want to make music it seems like waiting is the best plan for these systems.

    Don't get me wrong the new systems are probably fine for iLife, Word etc. But digital audio... not ready yet.
     
    richardl, Jan 14, 2006
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