Has anyone successfully run SONAR on MAC and actually used it to record?

I tried to find an answer in the forum but many comments on it.....

Here's a guy doing it. http://www.smokedsalmonband.com/forum/index.php?topic=7509.msg114050#msg114050

At the latest Mac show they talked about the new mac coming out that with switch from Mac to PC without rebooting.

....see for yourself Here

-D

It's already out it's called Parallel desktop or something; It's nice. A friend of mine here at work has a nice Intel-Mac laptop using parallel desktop. Just use a two button combination and the screen flips around like a a hotel door. Mac screen rotates around and the Windows XP desktop appears on the other side with your applications still running.

http://www.lowendmac.com/mac2win/06/0420.html


I like that!

Peace

Now if I could only figure out why I would ever need a really expensive PC laptop that can run OSX.

ORIGINAL: Sid Viscous

Now if I could only figure out why I would ever need a really expensive PC laptop that can run OSX.

The answer seems obvious to me.... so that we can all learn a whole new batch of error messages....

-D

Hey,

I'm doing this right now and mine is totally slick; I mean really good. I have the new MacBook (not Pro, the regular one) with 2 Ghz Dual Core Intel, 667 Mhz FSB, 1 GB RAM, 60 GB hard drive, Superdrive DVD Burner, 250 GB External Hard Drive (Western Digital Lighted Drive w/USB 2/Firewire). I installed Boot Camp last Friday evening and Windows XP SP 2 after that, allocating 10 GB of the MAC drive for the Windows Partition. I've also got Windows tuned a little better for audio (http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.php). So far the ONLY thing that has not worked is the Windows clock and the iSight camera.

My resource use has been pretty low compared to my old machine. My projects are not super complex, but not bare bones either. I just ran a project with about three virtual instruments, BFD (not frozen this time), about three mono guitar tracks and two stereo keyboard tracks. For kicks I added two Cakewalk plugins in each individual audio channel just to see what it would do, and processor use was around 20-30%; occasionally it would go up a little higher. I've got Waves Native PowerPack still yet to authorize on this system, so that will be next.

It renders everything really quickly; basically everything is noticeably faster. I was using a Dell Dimension 4300, 1.6 Ghz P4, 1 GB RAM, EIDE system drive (60 GB) and audio drive (80 GB). My audio interface it a Tascam FW-1804, but I just picked up an Ozonic that I want to play with a little more. I may use it for portability and laying down instruments. The headphones and preamps didn't fare well compared to the Tascam.

Thanks!

Donny

Hey,

I did get Waves Native Power Pack running in Windows XP 2 via Boot Camp. At first I had a very serious problem; I've already been using Waves on my Dell Dimension, so I figured I just needed to bring over the iLok and install and it would be very smooth. When I did that I got blue screen and memory dump errors (very bad) in Windows. I tried this about four times and it did the same thing every time. Luckily, a quick e-mail to Waves tech support hooked me up to a link with a different driver, and then it worked like a charm. So far it's doing really good. Boot camp is running Windows XP2 VERY well right now; as good and better than any PC hardware that I've ever used.

Thanks,

Donny

ORIGINAL: Sid Viscous

Now if I could only figure out why I would ever need a really expensive PC laptop that can run OSX.

I don't think I would buy an Apple computer, a friend of mine got his wife one for Christmas last year, paid $2100 for it and it's already broke twice and this time it has to go back for serivce (power supply is shot, bad caps). If my PC breaks I can get any part of it at a local store till 9:00pm and be back up and running in an hour. If I were to spend that kind of money I'd buy a guitar or a preamp, something that holds it's value. Computers are disposable, can't even get crap for them on e-bay, the value drops faster then a car. I'll stick with one I can repair and upgrade as needed.

Just because it "can be done" doesn't make it a good idea.