New Laptop suggestions

[glenn303]

So you consider buying BMW and asking here if Kia or Huyundai will do? You getting couple of happy Kia users who enthusiastically say I have Kia it is great has 4 wheels and steering wheel, why do you want BMW?
Come on, go for it if you can ADK are professionals for professionals, if you can afford it dont bother about some sissies asking you why BMW. The specs are great so is ADK`s reputation, perhaps you can save on display if you have to otherwise congratulations in advance.
P.S. Regarding GF - she wont believe anyway ( and understand why you need it they never do) that a laptop can cost that much, say it was....whatever, 2k...

Yeah I like the ADK a lot as it was my first choice but its the cost that might prevent me from buying it, but if I go for a 15 inch model, one HD then it will lower the price but not necessarily the performance.
With that being said, what I like about the Thinkpad is that its built like a tank.
So now its a choice between a BMW and a tank

Tank? perhaps truck. If you step down from ADK consider MBP. Only MBP will let you have CPU/GPU power and battery life, except for Vaio Z series (horribly expensive and only 13`) no pc can give that, MS is terrible @ managing batteries (Windows on Mac eat batteries as badly as any pc)
Thinkpad is great laptop for office people, not meant for music really. No 6 pin FW, Ricoh chips etc,etc. Non music related, pathetic displays- that was main reason I disposed Thinkpad. Otherwise well build, quietest notebooks( excellent cooling system) of them all, you can replace DVD with second HDD. Check W series as option to T or if you want better battery life X.

Considered the MBP but I think its too outdated as far as the processor goes, if I am going to spend that much on a MBP I would want it to have a quad core processor and at least 6 gigs of ram.

[glenn303]

Asus N61JV-JX007V

*Processor: Intel Core i5 430M (2.26 GHz)
*Memory: 4,096 MB DDR3-1066
*Hard drive: 500 GB (5,400 rpm)
*Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 325M (1,024 MB VRAM)
*Display: 16 inch, Glare Type, 1,366 x 768 pixels
*Drive: 8 x DVD Super Multi D / L Double Layer
*Interface: ExpressCard, 8-in-1 card reader, VGA out, 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, headphone, microphone, eSATA
*Network: 10/100/1000 MBit LAN, WLAN 802.11 b / g / n
*Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit)
*Battery-dell D5318 ,dell GD761 ,: Li-Ion Battery 6-cell, 4.400mA
*Dimension: 384 x 265 x 27 ~ 39 mm
*Weight: approximately 2.9 kilograms
*Price: 889 Euro

Hmmm, I haven't heard too much about Asus, how does it perform?

[drako]

Asus N61JV-JX007V

*Processor: Intel Core i5 430M (2.26 GHz)
*Memory: 4,096 MB DDR3-1066
*Hard drive: 500 GB (5,400 rpm)
*Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 325M (1,024 MB VRAM)
*Display: 16 inch, Glare Type, 1,366 x 768 pixels
*Drive: 8 x DVD Super Multi D / L Double Layer
*Interface: ExpressCard, 8-in-1 card reader, VGA out, 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, headphone, microphone, eSATA
*Network: 10/100/1000 MBit LAN, WLAN 802.11 b / g / n
*Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit)
*Battery-dell D5318 ,dell GD761 ,: Li-Ion Battery 6-cell, 4.400mA
*Dimension: 384 x 265 x 27 ~ 39 mm
*Weight: approximately 2.9 kilograms
*Price: 889 Euro

Hmmm, I haven't heard too much about Asus, how does it perform?

From what i read here on forums, it's pretty good stuff, solid.
Gonna buy me a new laptop too, and this one reviewed best, considering price wise too of-course.

Asus N71JQ-TY002X < this one has a i7 processor instead of a i5, but 17 inch display and cost you aprox 1270 euro's
In general i hear only good stuff about Asus.

[glenn303]

Asus N61JV-JX007V

*Processor: Intel Core i5 430M (2.26 GHz)
*Memory: 4,096 MB DDR3-1066
*Hard drive: 500 GB (5,400 rpm)
*Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 325M (1,024 MB VRAM)
*Display: 16 inch, Glare Type, 1,366 x 768 pixels
*Drive: 8 x DVD Super Multi D / L Double Layer
*Interface: ExpressCard, 8-in-1 card reader, VGA out, 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, headphone, microphone, eSATA
*Network: 10/100/1000 MBit LAN, WLAN 802.11 b / g / n
*Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit)
*Battery-dell D5318 ,dell GD761 ,: Li-Ion Battery 6-cell, 4.400mA
*Dimension: 384 x 265 x 27 ~ 39 mm
*Weight: approximately 2.9 kilograms
*Price: 889 Euro

Hmmm, I haven't heard too much about Asus, how does it perform?

From what i read here on forums, it's pretty good stuff, solid.
Gonna buy me a new laptop too, and this one reviewed best, considering price wise too of-course.

Asus N71JQ-TY002X < this one has a i7 processor instead of a i5, but 17 inch display and cost you aprox 1270 euro's
In general i hear only good stuff about Asus.

Cool, thanks I will do some research on the Asus.

[drako]

And i comes with E sata. that rock's!

[H20nly]

In general i hear only good stuff about Asus.

They are the makers of kick ass motherboards. I almost won't use anything else when building a desktop.

[glenn303]

And i comes with E sata. that rock's!

That's a definite plus.

[glenn303]

Well it looks like I have the go ahead on the ADK laptop but now I also found another company that looks good too, PC audio labs. Its about the same price with the same specs as the ADK but I haven't heard too much about them, does anyone have anymore info on PC audio labs laptops?

[H20nly]

sounds overpriced.

niche market products usually are.

could be wrong on this one...

[glenn303]

sounds overpriced.

niche market products usually are.

could be wrong on this one...

It is pricey but I also read good reviews about ADK.
I like the idea of it being built for audio.
I really like the dell studio 17 a lot mainly because I can have 2 hardrives installed (which is important to me) and the Thinkpad is great too, but I think the ADK is rock solid.
I could change my mind though.