will using an old powerbook G4 work alright?

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jd

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Nov 30, 2009, 10:21:38 AM11/30/09
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I have a several year old Powerbook G4 laptop with a 1 ghz processor,
2 gb of ram, usb 1.0 or 1.1, running mac osx 10.4.11. Is this setup
fast enough to handle a mandala with no audio breakout box? I want to
use battery 3, reason, or ableton live for samples. Any input would
be greatly appreciated, I really want to get a mandala asap for my
bands live shows but will wait if my computer will have serious
latency issues.

thanks,

jd

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Dec 4, 2009, 3:34:50 AM12/4/09
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Hey mate I've got a 1.67ghz G4 powerbook with 1.5gig ram and also
running 10.4.11.I only have one mandala but runs great through virtual
brain and battery 3....Hope this helps.

jd

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Dec 5, 2009, 12:24:39 PM12/5/09
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Thanks for the info, I'm mainly worried about the older usb and the
1ghz processor. I ordered one mandala this week so hopefully it'll be
as smooth as yours.

Philipp

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Jan 25, 2010, 8:07:25 PM1/25/10
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Hi!

I am wondering how your Mandala is working with your Powerbook G4 1ghz
processor.
I have the same computer and would like to use it with the mandala but
I am worried that it will be to slow.

Thank you.

Greetings Philipp

turnkee

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Jan 25, 2010, 10:41:37 PM1/25/10
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You can download the Virtual Brain for free and try it on your machine
to see if it locks up or does not run smoothly. Just go to the
support page of the Mandala website for the download.
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