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    iMac for Music Production?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by AmaruJunior, Oct 28, 2009.

  1. AmaruJunior

    AmaruJunior Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm looking for a Laptop/Desktop for music recording and editing. I found out that a 15 inch MacBook Pro was going to cost me $3712.44 to ship it to norway with these specs: 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB (2x2GB), 500MB 7200 RPM.

    I was okay with $2649 but this got way overpriced (in my opinion).

    So I took a look at an iMac 27-inch, specs: 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 8GB (4x2GB), 1TB Serial ATA Drive (doesn't mention RPM), and this for "only" $3345.

    If I'm right 2.8GHz Quad-Core is 11.2GHz (or is 2.8GHz the total?) and 3.06GHz Duo Core 7.2 GHz (or 3.06GHz).

    So all the specs are better, and the screen is BIG. Seems like something I should go for?

    (Damn I hate living in Norway.. both the MacBook Pro and the iMac is way cheaper even with better specs in US, I miss Chicago for real!)
     
    AmaruJunior, Oct 28, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Try the Norwegian Apple store: http://www.apple.com/no/

    Also, although the iMac with its Quad Core CPU is going to be a lot faster than the MBP, although adding up the frequencies of each of the cores in a CPU to represent overall performance is incorrect.

    If you don't require something portable, then the iMac is the way to go.
     
    Budding, Oct 28, 2009
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  3. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    btw,don't buy ram from apple,get it from 3rd party sellers!
     
    Xirurg, Oct 28, 2009
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    i feel like you need to get one of us in the US to ship it to you at reduced cost (just because we are in the USA) AND with the student discount ;)

    probably too much money though.
     
    masterchef341, Oct 28, 2009
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  5. AmaruJunior

    AmaruJunior Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've got family in Chicago ;) but none of them is students :/ but for real, there is a 10'000 NOK diffrence on an iMac with the highest Ram, Storage space and Processor. That's hustling! I bet it doesn't cost Apple $1770.78 to ship it to norway.

    And I did check the norwegian apple stores, that's where I found tha expensive prices!

    But I look for a fast computer with a large resolution and one that doesn't make too much noise and this one matches all of them. Is there a difference between Mac's processor GHz scales and PC's processor GHz scales? or they're the same?
     
    AmaruJunior, Oct 28, 2009
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  6. jnev

    jnev Notebook Guru

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    PCs and Macs both use identical Intel hardware. You absolutely CANNOT quantify the overall speed of a dual or quad-core CPU by multiplying each core's clock speed by the number of cores. Many times a dual or quad core will not be at all faster than a single-core simply because of the fact that not all software is written with parallel-processing in mind. Unless you're heavily multi-tasking and/or the software you plan to use is capable of taking advantage of multiple cores, a i7 will serve you no better than any other (cheaper) CPU.
     
    jnev, Oct 28, 2009
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  7. AmaruJunior

    AmaruJunior Notebook Enthusiast

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    ait thankyou for tha knowledge about CPU's ;)
     
    AmaruJunior, Oct 28, 2009
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  8. MrX8503

    MrX8503 Notebook Evangelist

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    I noticed that most people who upgrade to 3.06 ghz aren't aware of the architecture involved.

    Clockspeeds mean almost next to nothing now a days. If you can't afford the mbp, just get the 2.8ghz, you'll save a ton and you wouldn't even notice a difference.

    If you're getting an i7 imac, its going to be considerably faster. It has 2 extra cores, plus its architecturally superior.
     
    MrX8503, Oct 29, 2009
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  9. kojack

    kojack Notebook Prophet

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    thats the same reason I picked up a mini, because I wanted to do music editing and soundstaging with logic studio.

    I have my order in for the usb 88 key keyboard too..
     
    kojack, Oct 29, 2009
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