Mac Mini, Parallels, Windows 7 and MIR

[plowman]

Not ideal, I'm sure. But is it feasible for a smaller orchestra? I'm asking about the current top of the line Mac Mini, with a 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 4 GB. I'm guessing the 4 GB limit will be the problem. 

[Dietz]

This won't work.

Right now, I'm sitting in front of my development-machine, an Intel Core i7 965/3.2 Ghz based system with 12 GB RAM. MIR is started, one big venue ("Großer Saal" from the the Vienna Konzerthaus) is loaded, but not a single VI is instantiated yet: Together with Vista 64, all of that uses around 5GB.

W7 is said to be less memory-hungry, but still I wouldn't expect 4GB to be even near a meaningful setup, sorry to say so (... I don't want to deter you from buying MIR - I just want to avoid frustrations and anger :-) ...)

HTH,

[Dietz]

PS: I just checked again - the System Requirements given on the Vienna MIR product page leave no doubt about that:

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-> [URL]http://vsl.co.at/en/211/497/1687/455/1666/1328.htm[/URL]

Kind regards,

[plowman]

Thanks, Dietz. This was a "hope against hope" question. I did check the requirements before I posted, but I wanted to make sure that being a Mac didn't override PC limitations.

I'll further assume that if MIR is released for Mac, it will still require as much memory. The cost / benefit decision to write MIR for PC becomes even clearer in this light, as Mac memory is more expensive (though it's getting better). 

[Dietz]

You're welcome, and good to see that you didn't get me wrong.

@plowman said:

[...] if MIR is released for Mac [...]

Please don't hold your breath. Vienna MIR for Mac is _not_ just around the corner. Still many obstacles to overcome ...