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yeah, commi is back in action again

ill buy one very soon

let me help you if you need anything (questions, objections or requests) :)

bidona, I'm so happy for that  

probably something like this one

iMac 17'' Core 2 Duo 2.00 GHz
   *  1GB memory
   * 160GB hard drive1
   * 8x DL SuperDrive
   * ATI Radeon X1600 graphics

that's very cool one, I have a 20" one at home, the difference from the one you want is just 2.16GHz proc.; the bigger display and 250GB HD, and it's just spectacular, however, I don't get the chance to enjoy it much because I'm not home most of the time, just when going to sleep 8=)

ye actually i just need more space like urs tho i dont have so much money   anyway.the reason i wanna buy mac is only that when im workin on my pc with more then 1 program.lets say i open reason and cubase with some plug in and rewire both on ableton my computer dies.when i put more effects on each of the channel of ableton...the same.and the other thing is that i wanna use Logic.which can be used only with mac os.  

I know exactly what you are talking about, and here is my recommendations to you

1) get the iMac 17" 2.0GHz due to lower cost than 20"

2) get an extra 1GB RAM so it will be 2Gigs

3) you can still connect any USB or FireWire hard drives you got to your Mac, and even when you run out of space, you can always get the external storage you need

4) Get Logic Pro 7 .. and if you don't wanna buy it and don't know how to get it, just tell me .. and also you still can get Ableton, CuBase and Reason .. all of these softwares are available for Mac with more sophisticated interfaces and much more better performance than windows

5) further more, if you can afford the price, Avid or Digidesign ProTools system is a very advanced audio production suite .. but don't forget, that Logic Pro is also enough and will really satisfy all your needs, Sasha, Digweed, Ali & Sharam and many many more depend mainly in their production workflow on Logic


and let me tell you if you never used a Mac before or rarely, believe me, you gotta love it .. it's very very simple, instead of spending most of your time solving problems on windows, on a Mac, you will spend all of your time getting your work done, who tries a Mac, never looks back :)

yes i know everyone uses Logic.and yes i will install ableton for sure (loving it).Tho reason cant be used thru mac so far i know
anyway
when i get this mac ill tell u.ppl say the big problem is transfering files from pc to mac and reverse..

no man .. Reason is available for Mac and not only that, it supports rewiring Ableton Live, Apple GarageBand and Apple Logic .. check this: https://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/reason.html

and ofcourse I will help you in anything you want, about transferring your files from your older PC, here are some facts:


1) Macs are compatible, Apple uses industry standards like USB & FireWire to assure their users will have no pain connecting any external prephirals and devices to their Macs

2) You can transfer your files from PC to Mac or vice versa using several methods like:

Connecting an Ethernet cable directly between your Mac and PC, opening system preferences in your Mac, go to sharing and turn on Windows File Sharing, then share your partitions in windows and you will be able to access either your Mac or your PC from each other

Just make sure both of them are on the same wireless or cable network, modify your sharing setting like stated above and they will be able to share files using the SMB/CIFS protocol

Using 4pin/6pin or 6pin/6pin FireWire cable connecting both directly, it depends on your PC FireWire port wether it is 4pin (small) or 6pin (bigger), all Macs has the 6pin port

Using any external storage device like an external hard drive, USB Flash or even an iPod to transfer files from PC or Mac to it then send them to the other .. just make sure that the hard drive or the USB flash will be formatted as FAT32 file system and the iPod to be windows formatted not Macintosh

that will help me alot man.and i didnt know about reason.i thought reason is kind of logic but for windows.and thats so cool because i use reason a lot.cant wait to buy that thing.about rewiring- it is not a big problem for me.windows does it..not very well but it still does it  

I meant you will be able to rewire Apple Logic with Reason for example :) .. and when you work on your new Mac, you will realise that you will be much more productive, the Core Audio technology in Mac OS X enables many Audio features and enhancments which are not available in windows .. it's just the professional way in creating, editing and mixing music and other media ofcourse.

about differences between different Audio Softwares:

Logic & Reason: Logic Pro has lots more plugins and has audio and midi in/out capabilities .. Reason is very easy to get started with and will seem familiar if you are used to hardware mixing and also it's a synth/sampler workstation but it's much harder to manipulate than Logic, maybe because it's not considered as an Audio Editor.

Logic & Ableton Live: Live is very good in time stretching and VST are already supported while in Logic you have to purchase the fxpansion VST wrapper .. however, Logic is better in MIDI editing, built in instruments, great flexibility and a huge library that you can't give up, also a must mention unique features in it like Sculpture and Space Designer .. Live is a great piece of software to develop your sounds and melodic ideas then structure the outline of your track, then ReWiring it into Logic for mixing, very precise automation and the very detailed MIDI editing, briefly Logic + Live = Endless possibilities.


Not to mention about Logic Pro:

High Audio Quality

Stable like a solid rock

The unique integration as the computer you are working on, the operating system and Logic Pro, all created by the same company ensuring that everything will just work fine