Thinkpad T490, i5-8265U as DAW laptop...?

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golemus
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Thinkpad T490, i5-8265U as DAW laptop...?

Post by golemus » Fri Jun 03, 2022 5:08 pm

Thinkpad T490, i5-8265U (4 cores/8 threads), experiences if this laptop would be suitable as Ableton/DAW workstation?

I am interested if there are any sort of dpc latency or throttling issues or audio interface issues. I might have to connect audio interface through USB hub as there is only 2 USB A ports. Are these new machines capable for that without issues. Currently I have Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 and Komplete Audio 6 1st gen but I am planning in future to update to RME Babyface or other RME.

passmark scores are a little bit better than with my current Thinkpad (E530, 3632QM), about 31-34% faster. But SSD would be much faster. I am also afraid that something in my current computer breaks soon as it is quite old, thus considering updating. I know that this is slower than e.g. Ryzens but I found 2nd hand with affordable price and I plan to get a decent dock in the future which seems to be not possible with Ryzens as they don't have thunderbolt.

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