Freakybeatz wrote:I wish I'd never have seen this thread...
I've been umming and ahhing with completely swapping to laptop for music for a few months now.
I actually build music production PC's for clients and have a nice solid rack monster which have never even blinked however many VSTs i chuck at it.
However I picked up a Toshiba laptop a few weeks ago and it can match my desktop in LIVE! tests.
This got me thinking about "the switch"...No more cables, less noise, portability etc..
and all these points are very valid....but I cant shake the feeling that I'd regret it.
If my laptop breaks down, it has to go to the shop... If my Rack PC throws a wobbly, I pop the lid and stick a new part in.
So if I went Laptop, I'd technically need a backup of someform anyway...
Factor in that although "portable" it can still be a kerfuffle with cables and wires from external devices..etc..
and then theres the upgrade path... Laptops are to the layman self contained apart from ugrading the RAM and HD.
Desktops/Racks are tinkerers paradises!
So.... I'm still confused...and using both!
I'll keep my eye on this thread incase someone makes a revelation that opens my eyes...
Freakybeatz
You mention some VERY valid points here. Particularly the upgrade/repair issue. With a PC, I can just open it and change whatever I feel like, with a laptop it's not like that...
On the other hand, I'm more and more convinced that the real upgradability of PCs is not quite as one should expect. When processor manufacturers change processor types (and that happens every 3/4 years) most of the time your motherboard will not accept it, or the memory won't be compatible, the power supply is not adequate, yadda, yadda. You know what I mean. And having a laptop with limited upgradability will make you focus on the real problem: making music instead of upgrading your computer every 3 months with the latest gizmos.
Otherwise, how would those mac guys survive? They haven't seen any real improvements in like 3 years, up to the new macintels...
As for the portability, you can't beat a laptop. Its true that sometimes you need external devices, but that can also be said of standard pcs. BUT, you can also strip it down to its bones, and take it on the road. Try that with a PC.
Turn up the radio. Turn up the tape machine. Look into the sunset up ahead. Roll the windows down for a better taste of the cool desert wind. Ah yes. This is what it's all about. Total control now.
I liking idea of me and only laptop i did try for one weeks before and i feel lonely and my musics not the same. so i go back to my normal but now i buy more hardware for making my music not sounding so like all the others music made in computer only. That is good but not for me 
