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I can run Avira Premium suite no probs while running audio apps, check it out, NOD32 also has a very small footprint. Advantage with Avira is it has a kick ass firewall to boot About the different partition thing, it kind of true but if your drive fails it all fails, doesn't matter if you have parti...

P220ST wrote:

ekwipt wrote:Nlite for me

Ever got stuck in need of a service that wasn't there?

-P220ST

you get to choose what services you want to disable

this is good reference for xp and now vista services

http://www.blackviper.com/

Nlite for me

For the Djs

Ableton Live & with Serato 2 integration

Regarding the Asus boards I don't think any of the new range actually has TI chipsets for Firewire. Abit and Gigabyte are the only ones

http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2007q ... dex.x?pg=1

I'd get a Gigabyte P35 (DQ6) if you can afford or if not one of the cheaper versions

Maybe the drivers for the macbook pro and xp aren't that great?

Did you try under OSX?

I've read here that the chips run hotter on the Macbook Pros and Xp than MBP and OSX, maybe there's a correlation?

cool thanks

If I were getting a OS for free i'd get Vista Ultimate 64 bit, then if you want go out and buy a copy of XP Pro (32 or 64 bit) if you're not happy with the performance of Vista....... make sure you get a copy of the OEM Vsta as well though

New to ableton and setting everything up on my old computer, awaiting a new one and was wondering on best practices on setting up VSTs/Audio, samples, etc. I Understand the need to put all your audio/samples/mp3 etc on a seperate Hard Drive, but does the same apply to VST instuments and Effects?? Wi...

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3616

Looks nice!!

gavscope wrote:oh yeah,
and the pioneer dvd etc
good choice, though sata is unnecessary as they cant read or write fast enough to justify it anyway

Thanks for the advice will research a little more.... on drives etc.

The pioneer sata dvd, is about the same price at the ide so might as well

Santa Rosa is just for notebooks, the new chip platform won't be out until next year (Penryn). I'm getting my new setup soon, I've done research and they are all great components without going stupidly over the top: CoolerMaster Stacker 832 SilverStone ST60F 600w Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 C2D E6600 Arcti...

Nice new website DJ Grobe, good luck with the software