let me put this bluntly..lol...imho
LAPTOPS ARE A PAIN IN THE REAR.

heres the basic problem.

people like mac and i are diggers ,
we enjoy sorting out problems.
we anticipate probs.
but most people just blindly go out and buy any old laptop
thinking its like buying a lamp you
just plug into a wall socket , and it works.

the trouble is its not just like a lamp.
there is a learning phase not only in picking the right
pc , but also understanding win, the sound device and the daw software.

hell from reading various user forums you can see a lot of people
couldnt even be bothered to learn how to copy a file in win.
many dont even bother reading the manual that comes
with their sound device or daw software.

re the atoms.
for roughing out stuff , yes ok.
but ask em to handle big projects with lots of real time fx
that hog pc resources...ooops.

retired puter engr....powertracks on amd......NICE !
"what is the black art of audio engineering ?"
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