Re: Ways to get more power in laptop setups

[Andreas Wetterberg <awetterberg@post.cybercity.dk>]

Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill wrote:
> As I have gone laptop recently, and I'm somewhat notorious for using huge
> amounts of different instruments and effects, the computer performance 
>is an
> issue for me.
> 
> I have thought about TC Electronic's powercore firewire, which would 
>allow
> me to take at least the "normal" effects (like EQs, compressors, filters,
> reverb etc.) off the main CPU. But then again, the price of this thing is
> about the same as a 3+ GHz Turion or 1.7GHz Centrino DualCore, together 
>with
> 1GB of RAM and 17'' screen and whatnot...
> 
> So the question is: if I had that kind of money, would it be invested 
>better
> into a powercore firewire or into another computer (not necessarily 
>laptop),
> or into a completely different solution.
> 
> Keep replies offlist, please; I'll post a summary to the list if wanted.
> 
>       Rainer 
> 
> 
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