I asked the store and they don't have 7200 RBM, can I buy or stop buying?
Cheers: Ramy Moustafa If music be the food of love... play on. Mobile: 0020102221750 Personal email: ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com Msn and aim messengers: flutelo...@link.net Studio email: harmonystudio2...@gmail.com facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/ Twitter: moustafa.r...@gmail.com youtube chanael: www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber -----Original Message----- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 4:42 PM To: Pro Tools Accessibility Subject: Re: Using 1 hd for recording The mini with OS x server also has the fastest processor which is a good thing and the 8 GB ram will also work to your advantage. I'm not sure about the OSx server thing, as far as I know it also has normal OSx but others on here might be able to clarify. It is however still very important to make sure that the hard drive or drives in the mini you choose is 7200 RPM. As standard all minis come with 5400 RPM drives, with previous versions you were able to configure them with 7200 RPM drives but that's no longer a option on the apple store, the only option is to configure them with a fusion drive or SSD. A SSD is not ideal for recording and I can't find the speed of the fusion drives anyware but think they are also 5400 RPM. Ask the apple store or wherever you buy if they can upgrade the drives to 7200 RPM it will only cost about $50 more than 5400 RPM drives. This is very important, 7200 RPM drives would help you more than a fast processor or a lot of RAM, you can have the fastest quad core processor with 64 GB ram but it won't help at all if you have a 5400 RPM drive. You are buying a new machine so getting it right from the start will help a lot and as I said the jump from 5400 RPM drives to 7200 RPM drives won't cost a lot extra.
