back to the lab! heheh 
Well, my 2.7 dual mac arrived today. It's official. Logic7.1
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Ha haMTMMike wrote:Do you mean this review?christianmusicmaker wrote: I read in a magazine review that applecare costs over $1,000 a year for Logic 7.I think it was in the Music tech or CM review of Logic 7.Is this true? How much did you have to pay for your applecare support?
http://www.musictechmag.co.uk/mtm/reviews/logic-pro-7
Mike
(sorry blatant plug - couldn't resist)
I subscribe to your excellent magazine! The web site overhaul is really well thought out. My favourite part of the new look Music tech mag is the ten minute masters. Your funky summer give away in issue 30 was very nice.
Yes indeed it was that article.
"One of the biggest areas of change with the move to
Apple is the provision for support – an important area for such a demanding application. For all new users, or users upgrading to Logic Pro 7, the principle means of support will be now be AppleCare.
As with other Apple products, AppleCare provides free
technical support for a period of 90 days after the product purchase, from then on support is charged
at either £129 per incident, or an annual fee of £1,199.
Having had free support for many years, this seems to be a matter of some concern for many Logic
Pro 7 users, especially compared to the standard rate of £35 per incident for non-professional OSX
applications. We would strongly suggest making use of Apple’s own discussion group, discussions.info.apple.com, or one of the unaffiliated Logic user groups available
on the web.
For the many users, who can’t afford the
extravagant support costs, this might prove
the only option."
This has been *the* big stumbling block as far as getting Logic 7 is concerned for me. Even if I could get support online for other related issues things like dongle support for Logic 7 (should I have any issues) would be very expensive.
At £700 already to add £1,200 pounds to that amount brings Logic 7 realistically up to just under £2,000.
Plus £1500 - £2000 for a top end G5 suddenly I would be looking at almost £4,000 
Great product but not that great. Sonar 4 is every bit as capable of producing the goods however efficent Logic 5' or 7's engine is.
I might as well try the ttoz test anyway...
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It seems Quad-Core G5s are coming soon:
IBM is prepared to accept customer orders for its new dual-core PowerPC 970MP (G5) microprocessors, which it will be capable of delivering in quantity very soon, says one Wall Street analyst.
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The company officially unveiled the processors last month at its Power Everywhere Forum in Japan. At the time IBM representatives commented that Apple had been working with prototypes of the processors since 2004 and could use them in a forthcoming update to its Power Mac G5 desktops.
The 64-bit chips, code-named Antares, contain two processing units per chip, each with their own execution core and Level 1 cache. Additionally, each core includes a storage subsystem with 1MB Level 2 cache, making the chips twice as efficient as IBMs current 970FX PowerPC G5 processors.
\"While declining to be specific regarding customers, IBM has confirmed that it has sampled these new chip versions and is [now] prepared to accept customer orders,\" Caris & Company analyst Mark Stahlman said in a research note released earlier this week. The analyst speculates the processors could make their Apple debut in a revision to the PowerMac G5 line at Septembers Apple Expo in Paris.
Prior to Apples announced switch to Intel processors, extremely reliable sources said the Mac maker was preparing to release PowerMac G5 models based on the processors later this year. A company roadmap seen by AppleInsider had showed the high-end model to include two of the PowerPC 970MP processors, for a total of four cores. However, its unclear if Apples plans have changed in light of the Intel announcement.
Potentially adding a dab of support to the rumor is the emergence of two new PowerMac-based Apple logic-boards in freshly dated Apple material -- the PowerMac12,1 and PowerMac11,1. Whether the boards pertain to a forthcoming PowerMac G5 revision or some other product are still unknown.
According to a purported version of Apples current Intel roadmap, the PowerMac will be that last of the companys Macintosh offerings to move to Intel processors, sources have told AppleInsider. This suggests that at least one more PowerPC-based PowerMac revision could be warranted.
IBM says the PowerPC 970MP will be made available in speeds ranging from 1.4 to 2.5GHz.
IBM is prepared to accept customer orders for its new dual-core PowerPC 970MP (G5) microprocessors, which it will be capable of delivering in quantity very soon, says one Wall Street analyst.
Advertisement
The company officially unveiled the processors last month at its Power Everywhere Forum in Japan. At the time IBM representatives commented that Apple had been working with prototypes of the processors since 2004 and could use them in a forthcoming update to its Power Mac G5 desktops.
The 64-bit chips, code-named Antares, contain two processing units per chip, each with their own execution core and Level 1 cache. Additionally, each core includes a storage subsystem with 1MB Level 2 cache, making the chips twice as efficient as IBMs current 970FX PowerPC G5 processors.
\"While declining to be specific regarding customers, IBM has confirmed that it has sampled these new chip versions and is [now] prepared to accept customer orders,\" Caris & Company analyst Mark Stahlman said in a research note released earlier this week. The analyst speculates the processors could make their Apple debut in a revision to the PowerMac G5 line at Septembers Apple Expo in Paris.
Prior to Apples announced switch to Intel processors, extremely reliable sources said the Mac maker was preparing to release PowerMac G5 models based on the processors later this year. A company roadmap seen by AppleInsider had showed the high-end model to include two of the PowerPC 970MP processors, for a total of four cores. However, its unclear if Apples plans have changed in light of the Intel announcement.
Potentially adding a dab of support to the rumor is the emergence of two new PowerMac-based Apple logic-boards in freshly dated Apple material -- the PowerMac12,1 and PowerMac11,1. Whether the boards pertain to a forthcoming PowerMac G5 revision or some other product are still unknown.
According to a purported version of Apples current Intel roadmap, the PowerMac will be that last of the companys Macintosh offerings to move to Intel processors, sources have told AppleInsider. This suggests that at least one more PowerPC-based PowerMac revision could be warranted.
IBM says the PowerPC 970MP will be made available in speeds ranging from 1.4 to 2.5GHz.