reakwon_floyd Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 hi there. since i absolutly do not want to change all my recording hardware and software for my home-studio, which is just a hobby of mine, and i am sick and tired of hooking up my external harddrive and reboot my macbook pro i7 (2013) i want a better solution.. my requirements: needs an Firewire 800 or thunderbolt port for my digi002. needs to run Mountain Lion for protools 10 so if i want to go apple way i only can go to mac mini 2012 or imac 2013.. both of them are not really an upgrade to my macbook pro.. i could of course by a modern macbook pro and use my old machine as a dedicated recording device, but that is kinda an expensive solution too :( hackintosh is the best bet i think :) are there any limitations concerning hardware if i want to run Mountain Lion? is there a limit at all? or can i just pick components from an existing recent compatibility hardware chart (depending on the budget) and just install mountain lion? but then there is the obsticle with the firewire/thunderbolt port... i obviously want an hardware boost over my macbook pro i7 3ghz and , but still run mountain lion... any ideas/input ? Thanks, Markus also wrong forum, sorry.. if an admin please could move it to the right subforum? thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334072-req-newestreasonable-hardware-for-mountain-lion/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
reakwon_floyd Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 thanks, man.. so i wouldn't either save money nor would it be easy to find and get all the components for a hackintosh in norway either.. so my best bet is then a 2013 imac with an 3.5ghz cpu and put as much ram in there as possible i assume? it really sucks that avid and digidesign just stopped supporting older DAWs and drivers for hardware ... i have a decent setup but am forced to use an old mac .. or switch to a more recent windows machine and run the last supported windows... i should ask what to do in the protools forums, too i assume Cheers, Markus Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334072-req-newestreasonable-hardware-for-mountain-lion/#findComment-2613420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 You may take a desktop (Haswell or IvyBridge) but increase RAM, HDD and choose fast Videocard. It will be more powerful machine then MacBookPro. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334072-req-newestreasonable-hardware-for-mountain-lion/#findComment-2613524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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