come on help a brother get away from windows!

[fresh_meat]

im running a PIII 866 w/512mb ram, 7200rpm firewire drive

pro tools is always crashing

it sucks....i use macs all day at work (graphics etc) so i know how awesome they are...

i am saving for a new quicksilver like i use at work but i am looking at an opportunity to buy an old 9600.

i was wondering what the minimum upgrades are to run ProTools LE on a mac...

g3,g4?...ram?

please help as i am a prisoner of an operating system that does not work....

i mean what the hell is an interupt request?!?!?

[soundboy69]

-Hello fresh meat. Welcome. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. PTLE will run on a 9600, but you can get a nice used G3 these days pretty cheap. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[citi]

don't blame the machine, I'm running the same system and pro tools has yet to crash. period. But if you got money to burn....definitely pick of a G4. I would just get my system looked at, get it stable, and use the money I would have for the g4 to buy an apogee trak 2. My opinion.

citi

[soundboy69]

-Since he's already having trouble w/ the Windows machine, Mac is a good option. Don't think we're blaming the machine. Some compatibility issues are different hardware or software. I myself would rather get to using my tools than spend all day/week configuring them to work. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[fresh_meat]

thanks for the replies guys

any suggestions on increasing stability?

everyone i ask normally just says "must be Windows ME.." but ive had no other problems with it.

this same system ran Vegas 20-30 tracks of 24/96 no problem

could it be the firewire drive? its a Maxtor 60gb 7200 rpm

i would like to keep my current system and make small changes if i can...

i dont really dancy the idea of spending $1300 on a new mac and the hassle of upgrading my friends old 9600 doesnt sound that great either...
especially as i just bought this new vaio last year


thanks again for helping a brother

[soundboy69]

-Get the 9600. It can and will rock. I've seen very nice 9600 TDM and LE sytems. The 9600 should have no problem. It could be a combo Firewire/PC hassle. Firewire is not totally solid on PT/Mac yet either but getting much better. Hope this helps 'ya out... [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

-soundphaRm

[fresh_meat]

thanks guys...i suppose just having a 9600 around for cheap will be cool to run Logic of Reaktor or something and sync it to a more powerful machine if i end up getting it.


thanks again

[Ultraslide]

Just a thought ... I've seen G4 400/450/500 models going for under a grand, and as low as $700 on ebay. I would also keep your eye on www.powermax.com as they always have good selection of used G4s on the cheap.

Good luck!