Recommend PC laptop please.....

faisalbaig · Post by **faisalbaig** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:46 pm

I use Macs in the studio and dont know much about PC Laptops.

Need a PC laptop for running Live and Traktor and other PC only stuff.
Must be stable .

PLease advise......heard the VAIO aint that great........

thanks

Faisal

montrealbreaks · Post by **montrealbreaks** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:55 pm

faisalbaig wrote:I use Macs in the studio and dont know much about PC Laptops.

Need a PC laptop for running Live and Traktor and other PC only stuff.
Must be stable .

PLease advise......heard the VAIO aint that great........

thanks

Faisal

If money is no object (and since you use a Mac like me, it shouldn't be), check out:

http://64.49.248.202/index.asp?PageActi ... Category=3

L8er
Montrealbreaks

bigbadotis · Post by **bigbadotis** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:42 pm

Alot of the laptops that don't use mobile processors have farily loud fans that come on almost immediately upon startup.

The link above looks like it might be a good way to avoid this, as they state they minimize the acoustical noise given off by the laptop, but as a general rule if you go with a laptop using a regular p4 or AMD processor see if you can "listen" to it first. Hopefully there won't be anything to be heard...

res · Post by **res** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:41 pm

GO HERE!!

http://www.pctorque.com

They have amazing machines. They are actually made by the same manufacturer as the link above mine (made by sager/clevo). PCTorque is a better reseller in my opinion. Awesome customer service and awesome computers at great prices. You can customize your machine to make it a freakin beast too if you have the money. check it out

res · Post by **res** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:43 pm

wow, i just did a detailed comparison of prices and PCTorque will save you ALOT. Couple hundred bucks sometimes.

ToYaGA · Post by **ToYaGA** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:30 am

Hello,
I've just put together a machine for a friend of mine
ChemBook 2060 (Asus M6N)

1.6Mhz, 1 G RAM 60 GB 7200rpm HD 15.4" Screen

Works like a charm with Digi 002R, Reason, Ableton

Highly recomend . try to search for ASUS M6N - maybe you will find even better prices

ToYaGA

http://www.discountlaptops.com/index.ph ... e=centrino

gaspode · Post by **gaspode** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:47 am

I work at HP... but am a devout toshiba follower. I'm on my fourth Toshiba notebook and haven't had a bad experience yet.

The worst thing that happened was I dropped my laptop a few years back while the drive was on and it messed up the disk very badly. Toshiba was more than happy to replace it even though it was a month or two outside of my waranty.

I would still at least consider going with a more well known name. I know it isn't always true, but some of these companies do feel that they have a reputation to uphold, and it isn't always to screw the customer.

Greg

serotoninsteve · Post by **serotoninsteve** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:39 am

gaspode wrote:I work at HP... but am a devout toshiba follower. I'm on my fourth Toshiba notebook and haven't had a bad experience yet.

The worst thing that happened was I dropped my laptop a few years back while the drive was on and it messed up the disk very badly. Toshiba was more than happy to replace it even though it was a month or two outside of my waranty.

I would still at least consider going with a more well known name. I know it isn't always true, but some of these companies do feel that they have a reputation to uphold, and it isn't always to screw the customer.

Greg

I can confirm that, my Toshiba runs 24/24 for 2 years now, I´ve burned over 500 CD`s with it and it rocks in use with Live and al sorts off other stuff and is always very quiet and has a brilliant display!
Before I´ve bought this one I worked on a Fujitsu-Siemens with a 2Gh Desktop P4 and it maked a LOT of noise, the display was compared to the toshiba´s like looking into a black hole!!!!!
Toshibas are not cheap, but you can feel the quality and the customer support is present on the whole world!
For running Live or tracktor you don´t need the fastest 3,6 desktop processor with HT, you go better with the new centrinos or a simple P4-m, spend your money on at least 512Mbram or more, get a 7200 bpm HD and beware not buying shared memory graphics!
Greetings!

Toshiba satellite 5200-701 P4-m 1,9Gh 512MBram 32Mb videoram(460MX)

Lucid · Post by **Lucid** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:36 pm

Hi SerotoninSteve, what is the issue with shared memory graphics relating to laptops and Ableton? Thanks, L

serotoninsteve · Post by **serotoninsteve** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:49 pm

Avoid shared memory, you dont need a powerfull graphic card but it is important that it has its separate ram!
With shared memory you can have some problems running Live!
Look for a topic from a guy in this forum who bought a laptop with shared memory and Live did not work properly until its gui was minimized!
Everytime it has to process graphics it canot process something else, that slows down everything!
Greetings!

Lucid · Post by **Lucid** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:53 pm

Thanks Steve, sounds like a pretty important consideration I could have easily missed.... close one.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:01 am

I now use a Fujitsu Lifebook and I have to say after having a toshiba and dell that it is hands down the best designed, most rugged, rock solid beast I have ever used seen anyone else use.

It has crashed on me once in 8 months... think about that for a second ...

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Deadbeat

puma.snyder · Post by **puma.snyder** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:35 am

check out http://notebookforums.com/
lots of good info there

also check this page http://www.powernotebooks.com/Name_Brand.php3
it has some nice general notebook manufacturer info in case you dont know yet. They also have a very good reputation with their own notebooks.

cipilini · Post by **cipilini** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:08 pm

hey, i have the same problem - planning to get a toshiba notebook in the us for about $ 1000 - $1100.

i need it more or less only to use Live on stage, and i wonder if machnies
like toshiba satellite A45-S120/121/130 can handle this?

if not, what could be an alternative for the same money?

another problem is that in my country only the "top"

companies
have their offices, so i would not fool around with brands i cannot
repair or upgrade here.

so the options would be hp/compaq/toshiba/fujitsu/dell/sony...

hope someone can advise!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:36 pm

I recently landed on a Sony Viao GRV616G for a good price and had the chance to try it out for a week before deciding. The nice, clear 16" screen is what attracted me most and it's worked out to be a very solid machine, no hassle whatsoever. Working with live at 1280x1024 and using the video output to drive a projector has been seemless, just using media player for some visuals. Expanded it to 768MB memory and an external firewire drive for recording/clips, I got some USB 2 cases for my old 40GB drives for extra storage/backupability which has also worked out well along with an inexpensive USB cardubs card. The P4 2.6Ghz @ 400Mhz bus is zippy enough for all I have thrown at it, the fan is almost always on but it's not an irritating whine for a change. The whole thing has been extremely solid and for the price overall has proved to be a bargain while using up some parts from my older desktop system. The MOTU 828 mk II has worked flawlessly with the setup, I reinstalled windows and XP had all drivers built in with no messing around.

Happy chappie.

Recommend PC laptop please.....

Recommend PC laptop please.....

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Centrino LAptop

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Shared Memory Graphics