Cool laptop... this one maybe?

raapie · Post by **raapie** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 6:11 am

http://www.alienware.com/main/system_pages/area51-m.asp

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 6:21 pm

looks good!!!

jdg · Post by **jdg** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 8:51 pm

beware, this doesn't use a mobil chip, its a desktop chip stuffed into a laptop.. this could cause heat issues and the battery life would be terrible.

just an FYI.

raapie · Post by **raapie** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 6:01 am

any suggestions for a better laptop?

jdg · Post by **jdg** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 6:35 am

i really like my dell 8200...
also i've only heard good things about the toshiba satilites..

of coarse the ever coveted apple 17inch tiBook

good luck!

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:21 pm

I think you should be fine with Compaq laptops with fast processors, or Sonys, or Toshiba---- these are really the better-known companies.

I suspect that you'll fare well with just about any PC laptop if you use it for Ableton. Their app is abolutely great on PCs, I tried Live on an old 1.1 Ghz Compaq laptop with great results.

I recommend visiting PC stores with a demo copy of live and trying a few... the sales staff around here is usually pretty open to that ......

format

iMapnes · Post by **iMapnes** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 8:31 pm

Hi,
contrary to some other posts I would personally never recommend toshiba laptops. I had a satellite about 3years ago and had nothing but problems with it. Granted it could have been a lemon but unfortunately it was my lemon. It had substandard parts (fan, cd-rom and thermstat) that broke jsut after my warranty went phhhht! and when I sent it to be repaired, Toshiba lost the damn thing! Then they found it (after a month and a half without my pc) sent it back and it came back with the original problem fixed but with a new set of problems that were not there before. Just my own personal experience, hope it helps you make a decision.

astromass · Post by **astromass** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:20 pm

my friend's toshiba just went "poof!" the other day.
and never by an HP...my old HP laptop was my reason for trying an ibook, which i LOVE!

+()Dd

raapie · Post by **raapie** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 10:28 pm

jdg,

tell me more about the tools you're using. or email me offline about it if you have time and fun to do so

jdg · Post by **jdg** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 12:40 am

i'll email you

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 11:12 am

ah come on jdg, share it with the family

jdg · Post by **jdg** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 6:03 pm

i use Live of coarse

MGilboe · Post by **MGilboe** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 3:19 pm

I have been thrilled with my Fujitsu Lifebook S6110.

It's a small 13.2" screen, but the laptop is as small as other 12/2" I've seen... it has a CD-R/DVD Drive built in (no need for a bay) and it is swappable for a second battery... with the second battery I've been getting 6-7 hours run time with Live.

It's expandable to 1Gig of RAM and it has Firewire and 2 USB 2.0 ports... and it's worked like a charm for me...

I very much reccomend it.

Michael Gilboe

aviavi · Post by **aviavi** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 9:51 pm

Hey Michael,

I was considering this same Fujitsu laptop.

How has it been working for you?

Avi
aviavi@aol.com

Cool laptop... this one maybe?

Cool laptop... this one maybe?

I think you're right

never toshiba....

toshiba

jdg... some cool stuff you're making

fujitsu laptop