For discussion about setting up your studio and advice on the gear and equipment within it.
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By fasttrackpimp Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:50 pm
2007 20in IMac. 2.16 core 2 duo and 3gb ram. I like it, never **** up and rarely has froze up on me. After using it for long periods everyday the top portion of the screen around the finder menu has burnt a ghost image in my screen, but other than that it's still like the day I got it. In retrospect I wish I would've just dropped a little more and got a mac pro instead of getting an imac so I wouldn't have this screen issue.
By BGBEATS Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:31 pm
2 just average pc's

DELL desktop with vista 1gb ram 1.5 ghz processor bare bones only serato & ableton live 8 & mpc editor on it not even internet connected no wifi


dell inspiron 1525 laptop 2gb ram 1.87 duel core intel serato ableton live 8 reason 3 mpc editor
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By dabmeister Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:39 pm
Custom built rackmount w/ pentium d 945 (3.40 ghz), 3 g's ddr2 800 & 4 internal hd's. The weight of this thing is no joke. Had to replace the pwr supply a few months ago, but aside from that, it's very reliable.

Been my main recording pc for a few years now, no reason to upgrade as of yet.
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By psr Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:18 pm
Mac Book 13" core 2 duo (12/2007) upgraded since with
Snow Leapard
3gb ram
500gb hdd

still works like a charm but the new joints are enticing. mine is cracking around the seams because its plastic rather than the aluminum unibody design they have now. but its working so i cant really justify a $2000 upgrade to macbook pro.
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By jaxxkg Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:16 pm
custom built Pentium 4 3.2GHZ ;2 gb DDR2 RAM; win xp sp3

I built it mainly as a gaming PC then my interests changed and I turned it into a recording/mixing beast

its old 6 years, had to replace a power supply and I had to take out 2 ram sticks because they failed but other than that its been good to me; hate to upgrade again im runnin this one till it dies--or until there is some software I cannot live without
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By Menco Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:58 pm
Simple family computer with some nice specs. Scapinso Fujitsu or something like that.
I ain't no computer dude so don't ask me what I have. A friend of mine told me what kind of specs I needed to look for and I found it for a reasonable price. Many usb ports, two firewire and multi card ports.
I don't download shit on it so it still runs flawless (knock on wood). If I had money to burn I'd go for a mac but this still get's the job done.
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By konc3pt Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:57 pm
17mbp, c2d 2.8ghz 4gb ram, 30gb ssd, external 500gb sata 3 hd, and custom built I7 920, 12gb ram, 10rpm raptor hd, gigabyte extreme motherboard, geforce 275 in sli, 1100watt psu, cooler master cm stacker case.


yes and yes 8)
By mazatta Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:57 pm
psr wrote:Mac Book 13" core 2 duo (12/2007) upgraded since with
Snow Leapard
3gb ram
500gb hdd

still works like a charm but the new joints are enticing. mine is cracking around the seams because its plastic rather than the aluminum unibody design they have now. but its working so i cant really justify a $2000 upgrade to macbook pro.


If you have a decent Mac repair depot in your city, they should take care of that for free. Some places will give you the run around, but the store in my city has replaced the top case for me twice, without charging me a dime either time. I do not have Apple Care and mine is a 2007 model as well. Unfortunately, I need to get this done for the third time.

Apple is picking up the tab because they screwed up on the design and doing this is cheaper than a full recall of the white Macbooks.
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By elevated Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:52 pm
2010 Macbook Pro 15 inch, with the i5 processor. The multi-touch trackpad is dope. It's fast and I love it, but the OS completely crashed on me a few times. I thought new Macs are not supposed to do that.

The shiny screen can be annoying too.