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There are hundreds of choices. My #1 choice would be a commercial notebook with an Intel mobile Centrino processor and 1gig of RAM. To find a commercial box from manufacturer, you'll need to go and buy it directly from their site, not a retail store (physical or online). For example, either IBM or Hewlett-Packard make high end commercial notebooks that they use themselves for their own employees. They will come loaded with XP Professional. The commercial notebooks are more robust and reliable than consumer notebooks...but a little more expensive. I say this because I'm considering a new notebook, and I have a consumer version. I would never buy a consumer laptop again, personally. And my wife works for Intel, and knows the scoop on what companies use what processors in their notebooks, what have a good reputation, etc. But, again, there are many commercial notebooks that would be fine. The processor is the key. On ProTools and mBox, for instance, I've major latency discrepancies between cheaper notebooks with lower end processors and more expensive notebook with higher end processors. With PC notebooks, you can't ignore the type of processor, whether AMD, Intel, or all the subsets of processor types within these. They each have their different function or purpose, and performance behavior. Basically you pay for what you get. If you buy a computer online and you have the option to do a custom configuration (which you can usually do), don't cut corners on the processor. That will manifest itself in your musical software performance. ************************************************************************ ************** Krispen Hartung http://www.krispenhartung.com info@krispenhartung.com View improvisational / real-time looping videos: http://www.myweb.cableone.net/chagstrom2/music/kris-hartung/catalogue.ht m#videos Interactive tour of my gear: http://www.boisemusicians.com/gear.htm -----Original Message----- From: hazard factor [mailto:artists@hazardfactor.com] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 2:43 PM To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: RE: All-Laptop live?? (was RE: RE: A poll--shoes off?) With all the talk of programs, does anyone have any spec recommendations for a PC laptop capable of live looping, and running a few softsynths at once? Dave Eichenberger http://www.hazardfactor.com