12...ADDENDUM...Re refurb pc's.

i mentioned upthread how a refurb pc might be considered rather than new.
(and various advantages...note as i said upthread get a nice year warranty and 30 day return which allows enough testing of a refurb...and most important always test useing the 'latency monitor' utility to ensure suitability for music production...particularly if your not interested in 'tweaks' like us tech heads...to ensure compliance with latency mon.)

for those that want to save lots of money and want to have a lot of expandability over say a laptop here is an example of how one can get great refurb deals these days for under 200 bucks for a pc 'beast'.
in this case a hp z230 workstation for 180 bucks with powerfull xeon processors that, if i remember, originally cost at least a couple of grand from my googling.
(note i know of at least one popular daw whereby xeon processors were used in its development.)

note the number of ports and slots and number of drives supported and other features.
all i'm suggesting is the following might be considered because with the saveings a budding project studio could buy lots of various gear.
(eg..mics/hphones/monitors/...many fish and chip suppers...lol..etc. etc...whatever.)

frankly if i hadnt just bought awhile back a nice ryzen pc on a deal...i would have seriously considered this.
(or the dell or lenovo equivalent.)

for more deals (and all the time there are lots of refurb deals) just google 'Hp or dell or lenovo xeon refurbished workstation.'
this is just a low cost example of one of many one can find.
(its akin to why i always buy a used car with a warranty. lots of advantages...
includeing the fact certain problems are probably fixed.)

(as always ymmv/cya/blah blah...and the reader should make their own decisions....i'm just posting an example of the great refurb deals out there to consider for music production.)

https://www.pcliquidations.com/p143159-hp-z230-workstation-tower

there are lots of other refurb sellers and refurb deals out there.
just google.
hope the above helps someone..

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 09/15/24 10:40 AM.
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