Hi All,

So had been using Logic on PC up till the whole switch to Apple decision. Since I have been running Cubase ( now version 4) on my PC. Now I have a little more financial resources and think I will buy a Mac and move to Logic 8. What I am wondering and this is probably for those who know the PC world, is: Will a new Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo 2.5Gz with 2 gigs of Mac ram and the 7200 rpm HD be powerfull enough for me as I am currently using about 80 % of my cpu resources on my PC and about 1.8 gigs of ram with Cubase 4

( My current PC is: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz.....2 gigs ram and a 7200rpm HD.)?

I am not too familiar with how Mac uses its resources compared to PCs and I do not want to sell myself short.
I use several tracks of virtual instruments...3-5 tracks of guitar and 10-12 tracks vocals. Pop/rockish stuff

Thank you,
K

Based on what you want to do it would be enough. I just switched a few months back. The first upgrades I had to make were an external HD and more Ram. But I am running around 40 parts at once. The sound card you pick will be an important factor obviously regarding latency.

Cheers..thanks so much for the info C.M :-)

Best,
K

If you like to be portable MBPro is the way to go. Otherwise you can get an iMac with a bigger screen and still have money left to add more RAM, get an external HD and a good audio interface (stay away from USB).