Hi
I have been going over previous threads regarding Mac mini and music production and thought before I make my final decision I wanted to post a thread of my own.
I am on quite a tight budget and am looking to buy a Mac mini quad core 2.3 with a 1 TB HD And 16gb ram I will buy and fit myself. I will run this on my dual 23" hd monitors setup, With potential to add an ssd drive later, if I have the skill to do so lol as I have read that it is pretty difficult.
I would be mainly using the system for music production logic pro/pro tools with a few plug ins and so on, along with the usual browsing and some downloading (music, videos) general media system. also work purposes via pages/numbers and so on.
I have been considering a custom built system with apple osx as for the same money it seams I could get a beast of a system, just worried about all the update issues and compatibility.
Potential custom build specs:
I7 3770k at 3.4 processor
Memory 16gb ddr3 at 2000 MHz (or 32 if needed)
1Tb sata111 hdd & ssd 256gb Samsung 840 pro
Graphics nvidia GeForce gts 450 1gb or higher if required
With lion 10.7 OS
Both systems are very similar in price I will mainly be using for music production with normal web browsing, downloading hd films and so on.
Will be running either choice on dual 23" hd monitor setups.
I am just stuck on which to choose, obviously with the Mac mini I will get the stability and build quality of a apple product, but the custom build sounds the far superior machine.
Any help towards making a decision would be great!
Cheers
I have been going over previous threads regarding Mac mini and music production and thought before I make my final decision I wanted to post a thread of my own.
I am on quite a tight budget and am looking to buy a Mac mini quad core 2.3 with a 1 TB HD And 16gb ram I will buy and fit myself. I will run this on my dual 23" hd monitors setup, With potential to add an ssd drive later, if I have the skill to do so lol as I have read that it is pretty difficult.
I would be mainly using the system for music production logic pro/pro tools with a few plug ins and so on, along with the usual browsing and some downloading (music, videos) general media system. also work purposes via pages/numbers and so on.
I have been considering a custom built system with apple osx as for the same money it seams I could get a beast of a system, just worried about all the update issues and compatibility.
Potential custom build specs:
I7 3770k at 3.4 processor
Memory 16gb ddr3 at 2000 MHz (or 32 if needed)
1Tb sata111 hdd & ssd 256gb Samsung 840 pro
Graphics nvidia GeForce gts 450 1gb or higher if required
With lion 10.7 OS
Both systems are very similar in price I will mainly be using for music production with normal web browsing, downloading hd films and so on.
Will be running either choice on dual 23" hd monitor setups.
I am just stuck on which to choose, obviously with the Mac mini I will get the stability and build quality of a apple product, but the custom build sounds the far superior machine.
Any help towards making a decision would be great!
Cheers