Re: OT: (sorta) Laptop Suggestions

[Art Simon <simart@gmail.com>]

My advice would be to pay attention to the chipset of the firewire
and/or usb controller, depending on what sort of audio interface you
are using. Go to the forums for whatever audio interface you intend to
use, and check to see what laptops people are praising or complaining
about.

Generally speaking, the processor speed and RAM are good indicators of
performance, but a bad audio driver will screw everything up. The TI
chipset seems to be the gold standard for both USB and Firewire. I
returned several dell laptops, but I'm very happy with the performance
of my Acer Extensa 5620-6030 Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2Ghz, 3Gb RAM.

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Paul Richards
<paulrichard_rocks@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I've been thinking about replacing my desktop with a new PC to get more
> memory, a faster CPU, etc. I was leaning towards a desktop as I have at
> least one PCI card I'd like to continue to use. However, with the 
>continual
> reduction in price of laptops, I've been thinking more of this direction
> just for space considerations as well as the portability.
>
> I'm going to stay with the Windows platforms and have been toying with a
> very reasonable priced Gateway w/2GB memory and an Intel dual core CPU 
>for
> $650. Heck, I think I have only 1/2 GB memory on my desktop and I've been
> able to run Reason, Cubase & ACID w no problems (plus others). Even the
> config mentioned above would be a major improvement for me.
>
> What kinds of Windows-based laptops are folks on this board using? Any 
>words
> of wisdom on what to look out for?
>
> Also, I've been leaning towards an Intel chip rather than AMD. Any 
>comments
> on that opinion?
>
> Regards, Paul
>
>
>



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