labrys
i gotta be frank mate.
ive been testing a ton of lappies from /for friends,
and i know some will disagree with me..
but frankly with most the problems are many.
for example slow drives and poor firewire chipsets.
if your serious bout a laptop i would suggest getting one
built specifically for daw audio work.
eg adkproaudio.com.
these have proper drives and chipsets. TI for example.
but they cost of course.

all lappies i'm trying right now are failing the dpc test and need tweaking.
RUN THIS TEST BEFORE BUYING !!
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
youll get red spikes..i guarantee it.
haveing said that some folks get away with useing a cheap lappie...
often by luck rather than carefull planning.

i personally am staying desktop for now cos i feel lappies need to go thru
another round of re engineering.
sorry for my strong feelings on this topic, but my opinion will not be swayed.
ive seen too many folks get problems.
particularly as trak counts rise .

Last edited by manning1; 11/05/09 05:17 AM.

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