Re: laptop looping

[james fowler <twostroke@gmail.com>]

for less than a grand you can build your own rackmount pc with more
firepower and piles more usb/FireWire ports than any laptop  will
offer, as well as the option to use a motherboard-mounted soundcard.
respond off-list if interested in details.

btw: I knew ZERO about building computers prior to doing my own. it
was surprisingly straightforward.

- jim

On Saturday, April 24, 2010, Art Simon <simart@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
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> I'd look at the forum of the audio interface you're thinking of using 
>and see what people are using. Firewire audio interfaces work better with 
>some machines than others, and that's certainly been my experience with 
>my USB audio interface. The chipset on the motherboard seems to be the 
>important factor for USB and firewire interfaces.
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> Some audio interface drivers are just coming out now for Windows 7. For 
>my line 6 toneport, the windows 7 drivers were beta until just a few 
>weeks ago. I performed with my Acer Extensa running Windows Vista at Y2K9 
>this year and I was happy. A nice thing about laptop looping is that I 
>only needed one outlet for the computer. Everything else was powered off 
>USB.
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> I haven't been happy with the last couple of Dells I tried, but Dell has 
>a very good return policy. They give you ample time to set it up and try 
>it out, and they pay the return shipping if you don't like it. I've heard 
>good things about Lenovo, but I don't have any first had experience with 
>the brand.
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> For audio, I think most things are still 32bit, so 32 bit windows 7 is 
>probably a better choice than 64 bit. I haven't tried the 64 bit Windows 
>7 for audio, so I'm not speaking from personal experience.
>
> Quad core i7 laptops running Windows 7 can be had for under $1000 these 
>days. Check techbargains.com for current deals. Good Luck!
>
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Jeff Duke <jeff_d@embarqmail.com> wrote:
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> I am thinking about getting a laptop with the plan
> of running Mobius, don't know anything. I am a Windoz guy so what should 
>I look
> for/avoid? Any general or specific tips on this would help. Windows 7? 
>All the
> new ones have Windows 7 which I know little about.
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> thanks,
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> Jeff
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