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so, a laptop for college
Inanimate Object:
--- Quote from: will: wanton sex god ---can someone give me a rundown on garageband? how useful is it, how powerful, and how easy to learn?
how do i start putting my own stuff into it...all that.
like i play guitar and bass guitar...so should i just get a mic and then i could record and put the file in? or yeah?
p.s. how is sound on ibook?
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If you're going to be using Garageband, get a Powerbook. It will run on an iBook, but not incredibly well. My brother has an iBook 1GHz, and it will barely run. I'd suggest going with a 15 inch Powerbook, get at least 784MBs of RAM, and a large hard drive. I don't know about the Powerbook speakers, but the iBook speakers are decent, but not great. They don't have any low end, so they sound like you're playing your music through a tin can.
In terms of putting sound into it from your giutar and bass:
I wouldn't reccomend using a mic unless you have a sound proof room.
If you have an electric, you can plug in directly to the Mac using a big plug to little plug (don't know the actual names) converter and just plugging it into the microphone port. That's probably the easiest way to do it.
Valrus:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias ---Windows programming is pretty much essential in the computing field. I'm only in my third year of CS and I've already had two classes that required the use of Windows APIs.
The first day of class in one of those courses someone asked "What if we have a Mac?" The professor just laughed.
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I'll agree that Windows programming is more useful in the industry, but computer science is platform-independent.
will: wanton sex god:
here, jerks
http://forums.questionablecontent.net/viewtopic.php?p=176971#176971
anyway, i dont really think i can afford a powerbook :-/
hrm
i guess well see.
will: wanton sex god:
perhaps im missing osmething or overlooking something but why would a powerbook be better...its like a .27 ghz processor differece...and id be getting ram oup to 768...so yeah...
Inanimate Object:
--- Quote from: will: wanton sex god ---perhaps im missing osmething or overlooking something but why would a powerbook be better...its like a .27 ghz processor differece...and id be getting ram oup to 768...so yeah...
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Well, actually, you're right. I was remembering a time when there was a much larger margin between the two.
I guess if you got plenty of RAM, and a 1.33GHz model, you'd probably be okay. I'd suggest upgrading your hard drive too. The stock HD in a 14in model is 60GB. That's enough for a while, but you might fill it up after a chunk of time using Garageband. It all depends on how much you're intending on using it, and how good performance you want.
Another thing to consider is that the iBook scren only goes up to 1024X768 resolution. That might be a little cramped.
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