This really isn't the case anymore. They just released a free version which will run on
without the hardware. There have been not hardware reliant version floating around
for the mac for a while now.
Rob
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----- Original Message -----
From: erik pearson <efric@hotmail.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] + OT: Protools and Laptops +
quoted 56 lines Pro Tools is very expensive and the hardware is essentially desktop (read:
> Pro Tools is very expensive and the hardware is essentially desktop (read:
> PCI) only...
>
> *Sounds like a nice set-up tho'*
>
> erik
>
>
> >From: "Pedro Cevallos" <pedro_cevallos@hotmail.com>
> >To: idm_mart@egroups.com, acid-jazz@ucsd.edu, ambient@hyperreal.org,
> >idm@hyperreal.org
> >Subject: [idm] + OT: Protools and Laptops +
> >Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 14:17:14 -0500
> >
> >Please excuse the slightly off-topic post, but I'm finally ordering my
> >laptop this week. It'll be a PIII-933, 20 gig HD with 256 RAM. This
> >machine will basically be my desktop replacement. I will use it to run
> >video/graphics software (Adobe's photoshop, illustrator, premier and
> >pagemaker), productivity software (MS Office 2000 Suite) and Audio software
> >(CDr, Logic, Soundforge, etc...). I keep hearing about Protools
> >and keep wondering if maybe I should go that route. I basically need a
> >powerful program to edit soundwaves and master CD recordings. Is Protools
> >expensive? Does anybody have any beta or trial versions? If you do,
> >please
> >backchannel the info to me.
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> >Pedro Cevallos
> >--
> >"...beginning in the fourteenth century, the clock made us into
> >time-keepers, and then time-savers, and now time-servers. In the process,
> >we have learned irreverence toward the sun and the seasons, for in a world
> >made up of seconds and minutes, the authority of nature is superseded."
> > -- Neil Postman --
> >http://www.geocities.com/mr_cevallos/
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