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Re: upgrading my MacBook



Thanks, Per - only 2 inputs.  I thought the heating issue might be the  
reason for not recommending 7200RPM drives, and there is no fan, just  
cooling fins, or so I believe.

On Nov 19, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Per Boysen wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:36 PM, doc rossi <docittern@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> Thanks, Marcus - I never thought to check Wikipedia for Mac info.
>> I'll repeat a couple of previous questions in case anyone here  
>> knows - is
>> 5400 RPM fast enough for audio recording without dropouts, and why  
>> doesn't
>> Apple recommend 7200RPM for MacBooks? I have tried asking Apple,  
>> but it is
>> very difficult to get an answer on a question like this - or at  
>> least I
>> haven't been able to find one.
>> Thank you.
>
>
> Impossible to answer such a question, since you are not telling us how
> many channels you intend to record at the same time? 5400 RPM drives
> use to be fine for ten to twenty channels, at least when using Logic.
> For live looping you are only using two stereo channels at a time -
> one for inputting your live playing and one for playing back the
> output (loops plus live playing), so I'd say that the margins are
> pretty generous.
>
> Usually people recommend 7200RPM drives because they not only record
> more channels at a time but also makes the system and applications
> feel more snappy in use. But I must say that I personally appreciate
> 5400RPM drives because they don't make so much noise. The noise
> doesn't come directly form the drive though but from the fans needed
> to cool it off. Laptop heating issues also has to do with the CPU and
> maybe other things as well. My Centrino PC laptop roars like a
> fighting cat all the time while my MacBook just hums. This is
> something I didn't know about before finding out by my own experience,
> because usually people don't care (if they are not musicians). I'd
> definitely try to look into the noise issue before buying any
> computer, not only laptops. Check at fora or hardware test sites. Or
> go to a computer store and boot up a machine and listen to it when put
> under pressure (opening huge pictures or playing back video etc)
>
> -- 
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
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>