Hey J. R. The MBP 2010 and newer do have fans. Run PT for a while and then feel around the back under the display hinge.
HTH --FC On Oct 22, 2011, at 4:19 PM, J. R. Westmoreland wrote: > I am just saying what I read that the 7200 drives, at least in my Mac Book, > weren't recommended. That seemed strange to me as well so I tried it and it > works fine. > I can't speak to the two drive issue. That one, it seems to me, could > definitely cause a heating issue. The HD runs much warmer than an optical > drive and for a longer amount of time. > Remember there are no fans for cooling in the Mac Book Pro. > > Now, if I could find a mixing surface for 8 channels that was as light as my > Mac Book Pro then I'd really have something. LOL > > Best, > J. R. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Nickus de Vos > Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:17 PM > To: Pro Tools Accessibility > Subject: Re: Ideal mac for recording/editing/mixing > > Just did a bit of reading on Kevin's 3rd party DIY upgrade idea. I always > thought there's something special to apple memory but turns out they use > normal memory mostly samsung and hynix not even kingston and I'm a huge fan > of kingston ram. As for the hard drives looks like they mostly use seagate > which is fine with me I only use seagate drives they are the most relyable > in my experience. I don't know how apple can say a MBP with max ram and 7200 > RPM hard drive can cause heat problems because you can order it from them > that way so obviously they did some testing and why give people that option > if it causes problems. Oh and on the MBP I've seen posts in a few places > that new MBP's will be released in the next week or two, only upgrades is > the processors they will have sandybridge I5 processors can't remember if > there's I7's as well. Think you'll get a 2.2 GHz a 2.6 GHz and a 2.8 but I > could be wrong can't exactly remember, also know they said it will stay the > same price as the current ones. > > Brian Casey wrote: >> That seems a bit crazy! I'm no computing genious but I would have >> thought that wouldn't make a difference. Especially if it's a server. >> I wonder what the smallist/cheepist screen on the market is, something >> the size of an iPhone or something could e magical solution. Maybe the >> Macbook is just the best option though, but having two hard drives would > be great. >> >> Any comments on portability? >> >> Thanks, >> Brian. >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Kevin Reeves" <reeves...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 6:13 PM >> To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: Ideal mac for recording/editing/mixing >> >>> The catch with the minis is that you need a screen for it to run at >>> optimum levels. Oddly enough, at least with my mini, which is mid >>> 2009, without a monitor, the system is very sluggish. Many other >>> folks have noticed this as well. However, I'm not sure if this is >>> also true for the newest minis or the mini server. >
