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    Dear forum members,

    In 2007 I hope to invest in some VI bundles and to gradually expand my VI library.

    Yet I have doubts whether my machine (Mac G5 1.8 DP with 2G internal memory) will be able to get satisfying results with VI. Satisfying results = doing work with VI without too many worries about system overloads etc.

    I was thinking about a FW drive to store the VI samples (my internal HD's don't have that much space left...or will it be better to use raid controlled disks?

    I'll be using Logic 7 as the host system.

    Thanks in advance for your input!
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    I use a dual 1.8, and I think another frequent I poster JWL also has one. Estimations aren't worth much in samples because there are too many variables. A ballpark guess would be four to seven instances of VI at once, bussing to one Space Designer IR reverb on your machine. If you have patience for tweaking, loading, and unloading, the computer is feasible for some music production. If you have a low threshold for such things, proceed cautiously.

    Upgrading to 4.5 GB would be the quickest, most direct way to improve your performance. In my real-world experience, upgrading above that, while it would seem to help on paper, has been less helpful than I'd hoped.

    Do a search on eSATA in this (Vienna instruments) forum. Note the recent conversation on external storage.