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Performance Expectations?

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Hello,

Thinking about finally making the upgrade to version 3. I know my old power PC G5 is a no go. I've been doing quite well with everything on my laptop, a 13" mid 2009 dual core 2.3 Macbook Pro (8G RAM). I'm wondering if M53 will be usable on this setup. I plan on moving to a new Mac Pro when they are eventually given a proper update. In the meantime, any thoughts? Should I just hold off?
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Re: Performance Expectations?

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My initial reaction is if you want to use a fair amount of instruments in M5 you will want to incest in some additional RAM. As far as ML, M5 seems to be running just fine in and out of DP.
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MIDI Life Crisis wrote:My initial reaction is if you want to use a fair amount of instruments in M5 you will want to incest in some additional RAM. As far as ML, M5 seems to be running just fine in and out of DP.
Difficult as it may be, I am going to stay on topic here MLC.
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Wow. Spell checker error for the ages! Of course I meant invest... :oops: :lol:
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HC- he gave you such a good opening!
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I knew what you meant MLC :wink:

As far as my current system, it's maxed out at 8G of RAM. I might just go ahead and jump and see how it goes. I plan on getting an updated Mac Pro.... eventually.
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MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Wow. Spell checker error for the ages! Of course I meant invest... :oops: :lol:
too funny because I thought maybe it was some crude hacker term, you know - just incest some extra ram right in there
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No, not even a crude troll thing. Just the new Safari and OS in cahoots to bring down the MLC franchise empire. :smash:
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