15" Powerbook test results

[matts9383]

I was wondering if anyone had any performance notes on the newest 15" powerbooks. I'm looking into replacing my setup (DP G4) with a more mobile setup, but don't want to get really [bleep] performance. Anyone?

Thanks,
matt

[tele_player]

I have a 15" 1.5Ghz. It's fine for tracking, and simple sessions, but it's easily overwhelmed with lots of tracks and, for instance, Reason.

[Bhennies]

I just finished a session on my 1.33 ghz 15" PB that was 38 tracks (6 disabled) and 15 waves plugs- 1 trueverb, 2 6 tap dlys, and the rest EQ"s and comps. No problem- 3/5's CPU usage.

[16yearsjeff]

i have the alu 15" 1gh. i recently recorded 18 simultanious tracks at a live show for 3.5 hrs and it didnt even flinch. granted, i only use it for tracking so i wasnt using any plugs. after i track i go home and mix on a powermac g4. the most important thing that i have leanred about my pwrbook is that the power settings have to be set to highest performance. good luck. -jeff

[beholder74]

i have the alu 15" 1gh. i recently recorded 18 simultanious tracks at a live show for 3.5 hrs and it didnt even flinch. granted, i only use it for tracking so i wasnt using any plugs. after i track i go home and mix on a powermac g4. the most important thing that i have leanred about my pwrbook is that the power settings have to be set to highest performance. good luck. -jeff

So how do you set the power settings to highest performance???

[tele_player]

System Preferences | Energy Saver | Options | Processor Performance
select HIGHEST

This runs the CPU at full speed all the time.

[Allen Hallada]

How many here are using the internal drive only for tracking and what buffer settings are you able to record at when using just the internal drive?

Allen

[Chris Shaeffer]

I use the internal drive at times. Usually I'm on an Mbox when I am and I can record the first 4 or 5 tracks at 125, the I have to up it to 512. Its not as bad with the 002, but I can't really compare because I usually have it on an external drive at that point,

Chris

[onetimeonly]

This is quite a bit into the future from the initial post. But I just happen to be using a Powerbook G4 1.5GHz PPC with Leopard 10.5.8 in conjunction with an Mbox 2 with Pro Tools LE 8.0 and just wrote this post about my findings when attempting to update to later versions of 8.0: http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread...99#post1589499

Maybe there are a few people here in the future looking for this information?

Ciao