Re: new mac mini with fw800 ... hoooorra!

["L.Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

At my last loop show i had 3 crashes as well luckily after a piece!
i would have been completly lost without a screen and there is a big 
difference between a hardware screen an a multitasking computer screen!


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--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Bill Fox <billyfox@soundscapes.us> wrote:

> From: Bill Fox <billyfox@soundscapes.us>
> Subject: Re: new mac mini with fw800 ... hoooorra!
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 12:51 PM
> Buzap Buzap wrote:
> >> without screen or keyboard. What a compact
> solution, just this little box!
> >>     
> > I've been thinking about this, too. The question
> is: would you really have the guts to take this on a
> performance w/out screen/keyboard? Can you be certain
> nothing will screw up where you have to quickly intervene?
> An Iphone etc. wouldn't assure me.  Frankly, I
> wouldn't dare and would always take a backup
> screen/keyboard for my setup.
> I have to agree with you.  This past summer, my prog band
> Pinnacle played at the ProgDay festival in NC and my laptop
> was acting up.  That's all the keyboard sounds plus
> three soundclips.  Without a keyboard and screen, recovery
> while I played bass to cover for the lack of keyboards would
> have been impossible.
> >  Let's see: small computer, screen, keyboard...
> sounds like a laptop to me!! ;-)
> ;-) LOL.   But on a serious note:
> > sounds like a laptop to me!! ;-)
> Except for the cost.
> Macbook Pro (I assume firewire is required): from $1999
> Mac mini: from $599
> Of course, you'd have to add in the cost of a monitor,
> keyboard, and mouse to the Mac mini but, like someone else
> already said, you can get two Mac minis... and the cost is
> significantly less than a MB Pro.  Many people bring an
> extra guitar or bass or even a synth.  Imagine having backup
> for something as critical to the show as your computer is!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill