Re: Laptop recommendations

[<biz-looper@groovetronica.com>]

Hmm, that's one thing I never tried. Running the computer without a ground,
in club and rehearsal spaces where I can't guarantee the power quality 
seems
a little scary....

Let me reiterate - this isn't ground hum - this is noise. Louder than a 
line
level signal.

What model is your >old< laptop? Perhaps it's only an issue with units made
in the past two or three years..


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Weissman" <paul-mailinglists@nioterra.com>
To: <biz-looper@groovetronica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:55 PM
Subject: RE: Laptop recommendations


>
> couldn't disagree more.  dells rock.  i've worked with sony, ibm and dell
> laptops... i'm about to buy a new laptop (old one was stolen) and... it's
> going to be a dell!  and yes this is the machine i'm going to be using 
>for
> music performance.
>
> it's true that there is bad ground hum in my old dell, but a 3-2 prong
> converter on the laptop power supply makes quick work of it.  no hum.
>
> outside of that, everything else is great... price/performance.. look and
> feel... latency with rme hdsp (3ms)... just a great deal overall.
>
> but, to each his own, i guess...
>
> paul
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: biz-looper@groovetronica.com 
>[mailto:biz-looper@groovetronica.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:37 AM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations
> >
> >
> > > Also, most of the new laptops have Firewire, but you might also look
for
> > USB
> > > 2.0 for flexibility. I just noticed the new Dell laptops now
> > have USB 2.0,
> > > which is great.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Unless you can check the unit before you buy it, STAY AWAY from all
things
> > Dell.
> >
> > I haven't seen their current production models, but on every unit
> > I've tried
> > (more than a few, since we use them at my day job), their power
> > supply feeds
> > directly into the ground, which means that you can't use them for any
kind
> > of audio with the power plugged in - a horrible and unavoidable hum
occurs
> > when you plug them into any kind of mixer or power speakers. There is 
>no
> > solution - it even happens with USB audio.
> >
> > When I talked to Dell support, the said they knew of no plans to 
>rectify
> > this.
> >
> > bIz
> >
> >
>
>
>