I run several Apple computers running MacOS. Unfortunately LMMS isn't always fully compatible with Apple systems - which is a shame - not fully cross platform.
I know from trying similar software on my hardware that generally a high performance machine helps. For example, I have machines which don't run Final Cut Pro X really well - real time rendering doesn't always work, and even on an i7 machine, running a DAW with (say) 7 or more different synth tracks (I mean with different synthesisers ...) can cause temporaray lock ups as significant cpu power is sometimes needed.The last one we had was a small netbook - an Asus EE - which had very limited use, and hardly any processing capabilitieis.
I wonder if it's now worth buying a cheap (ish) machine specifically to run Linux to support software such as LMMS. If so, what would others recommend? What is the cheapest machine one can reasonably expect to get LMMS working on?
I know from trying similar software on my hardware that generally a high performance machine helps. For example, I have machines which don't run Final Cut Pro X really well - real time rendering doesn't always work, and even on an i7 machine, running a DAW with (say) 7 or more different synth tracks (I mean with different synthesisers ...) can cause temporaray lock ups as significant cpu power is sometimes needed.The last one we had was a small netbook - an Asus EE - which had very limited use, and hardly any processing capabilitieis.
I wonder if it's now worth buying a cheap (ish) machine specifically to run Linux to support software such as LMMS. If so, what would others recommend? What is the cheapest machine one can reasonably expect to get LMMS working on?