what's a good macbook for music production?

[hououinkyouma]

I'm thinking of getting the new macbook pro 2019 with 1.4ghz clockspeed because it's cheaper than the rest. I will only use it for music production -- logic pro x, and A LOT of vsts & plugins.

will this be a good choice? or the 2.4ghz will be worth the additional costs?

 

[Pippers]

Regarding Logic i found this benchmark on a french website. You have to scroll down a bit.
https://www.mac4ever.com/actu/14494...-13-mi-2019-que-vaut-ce-nouveau-cpu-a-1-4-ghz

I just ordered a 1.4 with 16GB ram and 256ssd. I will also use logic, but my projects rarely exceed 12 tracks with vsts and i never had issues on older machines.
However, the base model seems to be quite potent and the 2.4ghz does not seem to be a lot faster...

 

[firewire9000]

2,4 Ghz for sure. Better cooling so it can sustain at least 2,4 Ghz for a longer period of time. And of course a minimum of 16 GB of RAM.

 

[Pippers]

My message above still needs to be confirmed by a moderator. I got the 1.4ghz model but i agree, the cooling will be better for the 2.4ghz one and hence it will perform better during demanding tasks. My logic files are quite small and perform well anyway

 

[Fishrrman]

Actually, for music production, I think you'd do better on a 27" iMac... 😉