To set the scene for your purchase, you may want consider the different ways you might use your Mac to create music, and in what settings:

Logic, ProTools, Cubase, Live, GarageBand, Reaktor, Kontakt, Traktor, Reason, Sibelius, Vienna Symphonic Library) Do you know what music software you’ll use? (e.g.Do you want the “ best possible setup” (you’re happy to spend a lot) or a “ good enough setup” (spend just enough money to get the job done)?.Do you want a new or secondhand Mac Book?.Here are questions to consider to see which would be the best MacBook music rig:

Which MacBook for Making Music? Things to Consider If your planning to buy a Mac laptop for music, there’s some links at the end of the article where you can save some money. This article considers Mac OS X Lion and the latest 2011 / 2012 MacBook Air models with faster Intel Core i5 & i7 processors.

Updated January 2012: What’s the best MacBook for making music? Is it the MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? What size is best? 11 inch, 13 inch, 15 inch or 17 inch?