Notebook as DAW, which one?

5-ht1 · Post by **5-ht1** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:41 am

Hi guys i'm new, hope you will help me! I'm selling my powerbook G4 just because i need more power for my VST, i don't have many cash to buy a macbook pro so i need some suggestion about notebook. I need a laptop of good quality and with much power, at first i was for DELL inspiron but i know it has a chipset FIREWIRE (ricoh) that gives problems with many audio FW (now i have a motu ultralite and i don't want to sell), i know some issues about toshiba too (c2d fan issues) what can i do? thanks a lot! bye

P.S. my budget is more or less 1600 euro

LeifonMars · Post by **LeifonMars** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:11 pm

And why won't MacBook do the job?

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:18 pm

MacBook, or a refurbed MacBook Pro.

5-ht1 · Post by **5-ht1** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:35 pm

i think macbook is too little and i'll have to buy an external monitor too, it doesn't has a good grafic card, i know that is not important for music production but who knows in the future maybe... In italy a macbook pro basic configuration is 2000 euro, if you get it with 2gb ram 2200, too much!!! Another thing is i want to work with cubase again (first of my powerbook i worked with cubase sx). I don't know what to do, only Dell lets you configurate your laptop, with sony if you take the faster model you have the slower hard disk bucause they thing not much to the professional use (i think), toshiba many many problems... maybe i'll looking for a used macbook pro c2d...but i know i'll use only window and cubase so i think is a stupid thing isn't?

Daim · Post by **Daim** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:53 pm

macbook pro = only 1 usb port working with usb 1.x devices

zappen · Post by **zappen** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:14 pm

pfft... macfans!

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:06 pm

look at www.sagernotebooks.com

rikhyray · Post by **rikhyray** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:14 pm

Good pc will cost you same if not more as Mac.
This shop is cheaper then Apple stores
http://www.notebook.de/apple-macbook-pr ... 6/&lang=en

freqn · Post by **freqn** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:56 pm

Macbook is not bad on graphics at all as long as you aren't running intense 3d modelling apps. I would, however, recommend maxing the RAM to 2 gig for optimum performance.

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:26 pm

I'm thinking about getting one of these...

http://www.lenovovision.com/lv1/mediapl ... pad_series

check out x60 tablet notebook... multitouch screen!!!!
anyone tried this???

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:50 pm

"multitouch display - use EITHER your finger or the digitiser pen" : from video at 1:13

its nothing , just mislabeling. not multitouch.

ciw · Post by **ciw** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:06 pm

just ordered a millenium music laptop for audio. slightly more expensive than some but still cheaper than macs, and cheaper than other purpose-made audio machines. was about 920 quid for a core 2 duo 15.4".

can't tell you if it's any good yet but I have seen good reviews...

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:17 pm

Angstrom wrote:"multitouch display - use EITHER your finger or the digitiser pen" : from video at 1:13

its nothing , just mislabeling. not multitouch.

I dunno... cuz there's a touchscreen model, and a multitouch screen model which is 200$ more...

trip_out · Post by **trip_out** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:29 pm

3dot... wrote:
Angstrom wrote:"multitouch display - use EITHER your finger or the digitiser pen" : from video at 1:13

its nothing , just mislabeling. not multitouch.
I dunno... cuz there's a touchscreen model, and a multitouch screen model which is 200$ more...

Multitouch in this case means it acts as both a touchscreen and a more acurate tablet with a special pen
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/20 ... splay.html

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:30 pm

3dot... wrote:
Angstrom wrote:"multitouch display - use EITHER your finger or the digitiser pen" : from video at 1:13

its nothing , just mislabeling. not multitouch.
I dunno... cuz there's a touchscreen model, and a multitouch screen model which is 200$ more...

I don't think most software would work with a multi touch display unfortunately.

If you want maximum performance for the least money, DELL is usually the place to go. Some people don't like the build quality, but I've never had any problems. Regardless, spec out a Dell and use the price as a benchmark when shopping around.