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Upgrade Mac Mini for my PT 10 setup?
I am currently running PT 10.3.2 on 2009 mac mini 3.1
2.53GHz Intel core 2 duo 4 GB 1067MHz DDR3 OS X 10.6.8(Snow leopard) I was recently gifted a Mid year 2010 Mac mini 4.1 2.40GHz Intel core 2 duo 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite The 2010 is very easy to upgrade the ram to 16 gigs. To upgrade to 16 gigs will run about $150. What kind of performance improvements should i expect and should I go for 8 or 16 gigs? I also understand that Yosemite will not work with PT 10 so I will need to install an earlier version of the OS. Is this worth doing or a wast of time & money? Thanks TWM |
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Re: Upgrade Mac Mini for my PT 10 setup?
WE are recording our live shows 16 tacks at a time via a 003R & ADAT and Mix and edit on 003 console at home.
Does that help? Thanks TWM |
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Re: Upgrade Mac Mini for my PT 10 setup?
I would try loading Mountain Lion and Protools 10.x and try it out first (before buying RAM) as that won't cost you any money (just time). The Core 2 Duo is the bottle neck but it will run PT10. PT10 is still 32 bit so it only addresses up to 4 GB of RAM anyways. You need to record to a separate drive than your system drive (7200 RPM or get a SSD).
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straight miking of the live tracks should also be OK you do need an external hard drive to record to, Firewire interface w/ a 7200 RPM drive (preferably WD Black) or a good SSD (think Samsung) in the case
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We are recording to 7200 RPM Glyph Hard drives. So 4 gig ram is the limit Pt10 can use? If so then it seems there is no benifit in upgrading RAM at least as far as protools. I guess I would be better off saving my money to buy a faster computer in the future. Especially If I plan to upgrade to PT12 It seems these Duo core minis are about as obsolete as my 003’s. Last edited by Trainwreckmusic; 06-10-2015 at 02:04 PM. |
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Re: Upgrade Mac Mini for my PT 10 setup?
Thanks for all the replies.
@ OD I dont use VI at all. The 2010 mini running Yosemite was a gift from sister ( She bought her mini after she saw how much I liked my 2009 3.1 mini) She just bought a new macbook so passed this mini on to me. Unfortunately she no longer has the original OSx software that came with it. I tried using the OSX install DVD that came with my mini but it will not allow me to install it. Looks like going from Yosemite back snow leopard is a PIA. Any suggestions? I would love to be able to run PT 10 on the gifted mini. Thanks |
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