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  • Anyone running Windows on a Mac slave to run VEPRO?

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    Hi,

    I have seen a lot of threads about what to use as a slave for VEPRO. I am running Pro Tools 11 on a 2008 Mac Pro with OS 10.9 & 24GB of RAM. I currently run VEPRO 5 on the same machine & am going to set up a slave PC to run all of my V.I.s. I use maily Kontakt (Komplete), Omnisphere, and many drum V.I.s such as SD, and BFD.

    I have the opportunity to aquire a 2009 Quad Core Mac Pro with 32GB of RAM for next to nothing.

    My question is if anyone has had any experience running VEPRO under Windows (7 preferably) on a Mac slave? I will have the ability to have a separate drive to boot Windows from. Do you think this system would work well, or should I just buy / build a Windows machine strictly for running VEPRO 6 and the V.I.s?

    I appreciate any and all advice or comments.

    Thanks,

    George
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    Yes I have 3 quad core mac minis running windows 7. Have worked flawlessly for many years. VEPro works better than it does on OS X.
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    Hi bobulusbillman,

    Thanks for the reply. Do you run Windows from separate drives connected to those machines via Bootcamp?

    Thanks!

    George
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    No I run bootcamp off the SSD in the mac. Partitioned the boot drive using bootcamp
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    Hi bobulusbillman,

    That's interesting. So it sounds like if I run Windows 7 from bootcamp, and the libraies off of an SSD or 2 that it would work well. Are your Mac Minis the latest Intel, or the older Core 2 Duo models?

    Thanks again,

    George
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    2012 quad core i7s at 2.6ghz.
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    Thanks again. I am torn between going with that 2009 Mac, or another option for me is a 2011 HP Z600, 12 Core Windows 7 machine with 24GB of RAM. I'm not familiar with the HP's, but wonder if the increased processing will make a difference? It's sure a smaller & lighter machine to have rather than another monster Mac Pro.........
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    Get the HP
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    Hi bobulusbillman,

    Get the HP based on there being more processing power than the Mac?

    Thanks agagin for all of your advice!

    George