Whatever you do, go mac and save yourself any headaches. Macs are ultra-stable for music work and the operating system is obscenely well designed so everything inside your expensive box will communicate nicely rather than conflicting relentlessly as is often the case with PCs IMHO.
Load it with RAM now and you simply won't have any worries further down the line. I use a powerbook G4 and it's starting to get a little glitchy despite having a gig of Ram. However, I've been using it non-stop for a year and a half and it's strong as an Ox, so my advice is shell out as much as you possibly can on a Mac and just get to work. Trust me, you won't look back.
Buying a laptop.
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Well, I never actually stated that one needs a "rich kid" laptop to make music with ableton... My point was that Macs in general (and in my personal experience) are more stable platforms on which to run a variety of musical applications. I know plenty of people who have bought non-Mac hardware and run into so many problems simply trying to set their hardware up and get going that they've been soured on the whole computer music making experience. I got my mac, took it out of the box and everything worked perfectly from the word go. I see that as value for money myself.Rondo wrote:well
ASUS makes 99% of laptops components
they merchandise as well under the ASUS name
i have a M6 (2years old now) and rock ableton since 2 years from 4th to 6th
i guess that you don't need a rich's kid macpro to do music within live.
And by the way, I'm not a rich kid, I worked hard for a long time to get all my musical gear, I resent the implication that I'm able to fritter away money on "rich kid's" toys in some kind of whimsical manner! I wear rags and eat scraps, but I like my Mac!
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