ok ive been looking at various vids of the ipad pro re creating songs...
and sure its got lots going for it. very nice product.

but heres what im wrestling with...

for less than 1000 bucks i can have the following combo...

...for home studio music production a refurb off lease hp z or lenovo
xeon workstation beast....total cost around 300 bucks.
(thats not on the net so cant be contaminated).
these workstation beasts can pound sand and for a long time have been used in studios and production houses and also i know of at least one daw dev thats used such. in summary lots of high end users.
i saw a hp z beast tother day with 64 gigs ram and xeon for less than 300 bucks.
...a refurb under 200 bucks lenovo laptop for the net so the daw beast above doesnt ever get contaminated and also for say downloads of pg softwre and other daw software updates to feed the beast above...lol.
...AND a refurb macbook costing a few hundred bucks.

either lenovo or macbook for getting down song ideas down while one is on holiday and one is getting bored on the beach or say a song idea strikes at 3 am...which has happened many times to me.

it looks like for ipad pro plus magic keyboard i wouldnt get much change from 2000 bucks.
note...this is being typed on an android tablet bonking with my fingers which i find is a pain after awhile and i prefer a physical keyboard.
finger bonking gets old after a time ive found.


so im curious what others think about the conundrum.
which is the better user value and cost benefit ????
anyone know the max track and plugin stats on new ipad pro assuming low cpu useage plugins ????...ie like dawbench at gearspace.com.
(dawbench is an unbiased benchmarking utility...just google gearspace.)

yes the ipad pro is very cool with the m cpu...but i feel the refurb approach offers greater flexibility plus the user saves 1000 bucks the user could use for a nice interface and speakers and a couple of mics.

what are pg users opinions re this topic ????


happiness.

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Last edited by justanoldmuso; 05/28/24 05:40 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)