WHAT TO EXPECT FROM GARAGEBAND ON YOUR MAC
Turning a computer into a musical instrument and recording studio is very processor intensive. While most people tend not to read the system requirements too closely, with GarageBand, you need to take the system requirements very seriously.
If you have a G3-powered Mac you can only expect four or five Real Instrument tracks before running into the dreaded Unable to Continue error message. While this may serve as a viable alternative to the horribly noisy cassette 4-track port-a-studios that many garage bands still use, it is hardly a 32-track super studio that many users expect.
In fact, I first launched GarageBand on a 450MHz G4 with 800MB of RAM and was shocked to run into an Unable to continue error ...
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