Also do normal lcd screens work on a Mac or am i forced to buy one of those $999 27 inch Mac screens?

Any screen works, and I can't see you really needing more than 4 gig of ram unless you plan to have a gazillion VST instruments running at once. But you can go up to 8 if you want. Crucial.com is your friend.

I live in Holland. I won't be ordering through American sites.

So a Mac mini with 4 gigs of ram will be plenty to run Logic Pro? Are you sure of that?
4 gigs really doesn't sound like a lot to me but maybe it's different in Mac terms.

I run Logic with two gig just fine.

My friend is a producer and he uses a mini with 4

Also, crucial are awesome and even will sell to you http://www.crucial.com/eu/internatio...try=NEDERLANDS

:)

Enjoy

and if you want guitar toys, I play for hours with this http://www.apple.com/logicpro/plugin...for-guitarists although guitar rig is also good.

Cool...well looks like i will be going Mac then. Never thought that would happen. Thanks for all the info. It really helped me.

Then buy a PC, install Parallels or Virtual Box and install OS X Lion and Garage Band.

Get the best of both worlds!

Nah, i think it's retarded when people do that. Like people buying a mac and then use all kinds of software to run pc apps. That's just dumb.

But for the record I'd go with a Mac too, always nice to be able to run windows programs too though so a virtualized setup is always a nice addition

You have any more questions or thoughts, feel free to just email me. Always happy to help.

Thanks!

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Oh btw can i use any pre amp on the Mac as well? There is no difference between a Mac and PC pre amp?

You should try it before you knock it, I used to think the same. It's incredibly easy to setup and very handy switching between operating systems by simply pressing control+tab

Depends on your needs of coarse

Well, the short answer is 'probably'. But it would be safer to get one with certified osx drivers.

I use the Edirol US-25 USB sound card, which has phantom power for my sm-58 too. No dedicated pre-amp. Sounds great to me.

Well if i buy a Mac is will be because of Logic Pro. If i need to do anything else i will use my PC.

That's fair enough :)

Damianj, do you use an external mixing panel?