Digi 002 rack on Powerbook G4 a good idea??

[garbagetmw]

Hi- it looks like the hard drive on my powermac g4 has bit the dust- If it costs me 1000 bucks for a new drive I can't afford it. I have a powerbook G4 I got recently, which has logic express and garageband. I got this from my school and the music production students run their Mboxes of their laptops, but i have a digi002 rack that i have been using w/ my tower mac. I would like to know if anyone has used a rack with their laptop. I use my pro tools for home recording, nothing heavy duty and when i record, i use it for several hours. Will my laptop be able to handle this oe is it too risky or am i being paranoid?

[Vaphoron]

First off, it shouldn't cost anything more than $150 to replace a HD in a G4. Second, I use my Digi002R with my PowerBook G4 and it works great.

[cschreppel]

Hey man,

Sounds like you go to Berklee. I too attend school there as a Music Production and Engineering major for 3 years now. I sold my mBox and got a Digi002 console with some outboard preamps running on my Titanium Powerbook G4 (1GHz, 1GB RAM). The laptops they're giving out are definitely more powerful than mine, but I haven't had a single problem with my rig and I've been using it for over a year now.

But like the other response has said, it shouldn't cost a lot to replace your hard drive. However, until then, you can use your Powerbook and it'll work just fine.

[tclash]

The 002 will probably work better than the Mbox in terms of latency and those annoying buffer underun-type errors.

I had to swap in my PB earlier this year when my G4 tower bought the farm and it worked flawlessly.

[worldover]

Yeah I run a 12' Powerbook with an 002R And it works fine. I wouldn't recomend using its internal hardrive for anything major though, as its a bit on the slow side. New HD's shouldnt cost more that £150 for a decent size.

Hope everything works out.