[iBook] Garageband on iBook 1.2 GHz

[Howard Pettigrew]

Mark, how much computing experience has he had? What has he done in  
this line before? Will he be learning to use Garageband (which is one  
of the simplest programmes to give children) or will he be pushing  
the boundaries as he is already an experienced Mac user / music  
programme user? Will he be recording his own music loops or just  
using the in-built loops?
I taught and demoed Garageband around schools on a 993 G4 with only  
512 megs so for a starter machine, what you have is fine. You've got  
plenty of RAM there which will be a great help. It will go better if  
kept on power and with the power settings set to Best Performance.  
There are some tips in the Garageband help as to how to get the best  
of a computer using Garageband. When you start to use lots of tracks,  
it will start to moan. If you have no other programmes running, this  
is a huge help too as Garageband is memory intensive.
The reason I ask the questions is, if he has not done much of this  
before, then this will be a great machine to start on and see how he  
goes. If he proves to be a whiz composer, then it will be worth  
exploring getting a gruntier desktop machine but this will start him  
off just fine.
Just my pennies worth from someone who spends a lot of time in  
schools teaching Garageband.
Cheers
H in NZ
On 10/11/2006, at 3:47 PM, gooddog at interlync.com wrote:

> Hello, folks;
>
> I have an iBook with these specs
>
> iBook G4, 1.2 GHz, 512 L2 Cache, 1.25 GB memory, 60 GB harddrive.
>
>
> and am going to be giving this to a friend's 14 year old so he can  
> use it mainly for GarareBand.  Has anyone used GB much on an iBook  
> like this one? How will it work? Are there any performance issues  
> to expect, or quirks?  I ask so I'll be prepared to help out if  
> need be.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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