Upgrading to Mac Pro

[Frodo]

MOTU will not give an exact release date, though I think second quarter has been stated somewhere.

Hope this helps,

-Kevin

Second quarter? Wow. That *is* different, but it would fall in line with previous major releases during the month of May (or thereabouts).

Time will tell...

[Talcott]

I'm getting my Mactopus 2.8 tomorrow!

Going from a G4 Titanium powerbook 1Ghz and a reliable ole sawtooth 400.

Modern Computing here I come....

Com on DP 6

Yeah! Have fun with it Talcott.

Thanks Monkey Man!

I am fookin loving this beast.....!

Getting the buffer's down to the lowest setting's and playing amplitude

with a soft synth via my midifly is soo much fun.



Frodo has it been 'officially' bumped to the 2nd quarter?

[Aramis]

Hello there !
Lucky us's !!!!
I am waiting for my ordered 3 gigahertz Macpro . I have choosen the 3 gig 8 core because I do bet the 8 cores Intel software will in a near futur be solved . I got the right to dream is'nt it ?
I have choosen to wait for adding ram
So I waill received this
Macpro 3 ghz
2 gig ram
2 TERA hardisks
2600xt graphic card

I will add a Matrox dualhead graphic box in orther to get more monitors to display my vi's .

And I am waiting for the 828mkIII to be available to complete that system

Aramis

I am seeking advice as I'm planning to upgrade my severely outdated G4 400MHZ purchased in 2001 to a Mac Pro soon. I'm currently running DP 4.12 and use MACH Five and EZ drummer for drum tracks. I primarily record audio as a guitarist/bassist. I realize i will need to upgrade DP however a tech at the Apple store warned me to make sure my sequencer is compatible with 8-core if i go that route stating that i would need a patch of some sort? Is this true?

Also, are the 2.8 GHZ 8 cores that much faster than the 2.8GHZ 4-cores all things equal (memory etc)? I am trying to avoid making the same mistake when I bought my G4 in 2001 as they were already releasing the dual g5 when I bought my G4 and it seemed to become outdated quickly. I record primarily as a hobby, but don't mind spending $200-300 extra if it makes a big difference. If I purchase either the 2.8 4-core or 8-core, will I have any problems running the latest DP version on either of these machines? How much memory would you recommend and would you recommend upgrading after purchasing from Apple (cheaper with after market memory)?

Any advice would be much appreciated.