If i were to "do it over again" I would STILL buy the Macbook Air, except with 8GB RAM and a larger SSD. For me, I wanted lightweight and portability. If you have many tracks, VIs or synths or plugins, then you are justified buying a much faster machine like the Macbook Pro. Save that $200-300 and buy the Macbook Pro with it.Īgain, small projects like mine (1-5GB in size) load reasonably fast (5-20 seconds) and save just as fast. The real world difference between the i5 and i7 on a Macbook Air is not worth the money. I would not buy an i7 Macbook Air if you need more power buy a Macbook Pro, or iMac, or MacPro. My counter is that a Macbook Pro would be better, not an i7 Macbook Air. Some might argue that the i7 would be better for Logic regarding the usage of plugins, synths, etc. I can tell from personal experience that my 128GB SSD is way to small.
#USING LOGIC PRO 8 UPGRADE#
I would spend the $200 i7 upgrade money on a larger internal SSD. You said that you have external hard drives for more space.
In my opinion, the real world difference is not worth the $. Thousands of opinions exist on this debate. However in my case, I use the Macbook Air for all my tasks (office/work/school/music) and I have not had a situation where I was thinking "geez this computer is slowing me down". If you are going to run many virtual instruments or synths, then the Macbook Air would possibly not be powerful enough. Honestly if you were going to be professionally producing music I would use your iMac instead. You sacrifice portability for power with the Macbook Pro, but if you are making money on your projects, then portability is less of a concern. Since, in the real production world, time is money, and a faster computer is money well spent.
#USING LOGIC PRO 8 PROFESSIONAL#
That being said, if you are seriously going to use Logic for professional production, then in my opinion a Macbook Pro would be better for the following reasons: I spent two weeks on a cruise ship and used my Macbook to mix and arrange some tracks while on battery power, using headphones, without any problems whatsoever. I can say for 100% certainty that my usage of Logic on the Macbook Air does work without any problems, performance wise. But on both machines, Logic Pro runs exactly the same. I recorded my whole album on this machine using a Tascam US-1800 via USB.Ĭompared to my father-in-laws iMac (3.4, 8GB, 256GB SSD) that I occasionally use, the Macbook Air is slower regarding project loading/saving/bouncing. I use an external display when in my studio. However my usage is pretty basic: 10-20 tracks of audio with 2-3 plugins each and no synths or virtual instruments. I use a 2012 Macbook Air 13" with Logic Pro X without any problems (1.8, 4GB, 128GB SSD).