On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:51:25AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > <SNIP> > > Well, obviously an 800MHz machine will at first glance seem > >underpowered compared to all the newer stuff out there, but my thought > >is that for just recording/playback you'll probably be fine if you pay > >close attention to the rest of your hardware. > > I meant to include the comment that with an 800MHz machine you should > not plan on using many, if any, plugins. I'm running still on a PIII/866 and I get by just fine in Ardour. But I don't think I've yet gone above 8 tracks and a handful of plugins. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com