Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio

Re:Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (ChronoT52)

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:33:17 GMT

zreal10 -

Sorry about the long delay! I find the iMac to be a very good choice for the money, IF you have space considerations, or if an all-in-one unit is an attractive option. I liked the idea of being able to fairly easily move my entire setup around, along with having MacOS for random programs as a novelty. One of my coworkers at the studio, who is a Mac-head, finds it practically offensive that the iMac is defaulted to boot to Windows. To quote him, "it's just wrong." :-)

Personally, I hate the Magic Mouse, but that's just me.

Make sure if you do this to disable the on-board wifi card and sound card within Windows, else you will have serious latency issues. Definitely an inconvenience, but not enough to make me regret the purchase.

Re:Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (zreal10)

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:25:27 GMT

hi, i was wondering if you guys had a chance to test sonar 8.5 PE and the v-studio 700 on windows 7 installed on a MAC.

since i still have to decide what computer i need - mac or pc - and i grew up with cakewalk, but pc's dont satisfy me that much, i would love to read some of your feedbacks about sonar running on windows 7 installed on mac.

thank you!

Re:Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (myconsumerclub)

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:28:56 GMT

Cool I am considering adding a mac will be very interested

Re:Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (ChronoT52)

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:15:38 GMT

I just bought a refurbished Core i7 iMac and the V-Studio 700 bundle ($1959 for the iMac and $3400 for the bundle!)

I'll let you all know what kind of experience I have with it.

Re:Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (Westside Steve)

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:30:08 GMT

"Just to have something different."
I've tried that a couple times over the years and didn't the Macs I bought.
Always wound up basically ignoring them and using my PC.
That was a while back, before Bootcamp though so it's probably not that relevant today but....
I just never liked the feel of a Mac program.

WSS

Re:Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (ChronoT52)

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:16:30 GMT

Ahh- interesting. So, now this presents the issue of having to decide...

Honestly, since I already have a couple PCs, that was the only reason I was looking to get a Mac- just to have something different.

Re:Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (garrigus)

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:07:43 GMT

Hmm... looks like I was wrong about Bootcamp and you were right, so I guess you could go with a Mac...
http://forums.macrumors.c./showthread.php?t=214148

I haven't used the V-Studio 700 on a Mac though, so you might want to check with Cakewalk first, but if that forum post is correct, then I think it should work fine.

Sorry for the wrong info in my previous post....

Scott

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Re:Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (ChronoT52)

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:48:51 GMT

I did not realize that Boot Camp ran between the OS and the computer- I thought it only made the partition. In that case, the iMac is out.

Glad that I posted here!

Re:Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (garrigus)

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:31:14 GMT

I would just get an i7 PC instead. There's no sense in putting an extra layer of processing (Bootcamp) between the OS and the computer. SONAR is written for Windows on a PC and that's what will give you the best performance. Or you could just run it on the quad-core system you have now... it should run fine on that.

I'm currently running the V-Studio 700 system http://garrigus.com?VStudio700

on an i7 rackXT http://garrigus.com?rackXT

and the performance is excellent.

Scott

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Publisher of DigiFreq - free music technology newsletter. Win a free SoundTech Vocal Trainer Package, go to: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/

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Opinions Needed - Core i7 iMac with V-Studio (ChronoT52)

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:36:34 GMT

It's been a while since I've posted. I'm finally dumping my Tascam FW-1884 (what a joke of a piece of equipment) and thinking about going to the V-Studio. I've been reading nothing but good things, but want to make absolutely sure that I'm not about to make a bad decision.

As a recently new co-owner of a recording studio, I'm looking to upgrade the studio with SONAR (what I've used for my home studio since SONAR 3.) Since I already have a couple PCs and laptops, I was looking to possibly go with an Apple iMac instead and bootcamp an instance of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.

Do you all have any thoughts on making this upgrade? Moreso, have any of you used an Apple running Windows to host SONAR?