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RatInAKage
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Posted : Aug 3, 2006 21:44
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Hey guys.
Like alot of people, I have performance issues with Cubase. Enough instruments and my laptop crashes, freezes or bombs out.
I have a Fujutsu Siemens AmiloD 1845 P4mobile with hyper threading 3.33ghz 1GB Ram. Brought it new December 2004.
I want to buy a new computer. Obviously, I would rather a laptop so that I could move around but I dont want to have performance issues.
Do you guys think the new Pentium Core 2 duo (Merom) laptop will be any good or must it be a desktop? Also, does anyone here use laptop only for production?
lemme know.
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psy_tec
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Posted : Aug 3, 2006 22:33
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hi i use a laptop for music prodution. its a samsung v25 512 ram 2.6ghz p4 prosseser i can run fruity and reason pretty well but cubase it is ok if u bounce every thing but fx drain lots out of my system so im upgrding to a desktop when i get some cash
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Brain Hacked
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Posted : Aug 4, 2006 06:19
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desktop all the way, i had a lap top and it´s a pain in the ass not been able to install libraries or the psectrasonics stuff, besides i spend the half of what i could have spent on a lap top and my new machine it´s fast as hell.
i would never again use a lap top 4 music production, ill get one when i play live and maybe to lay some ideas but not as my main prod center. |
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piXan
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Posted : Aug 4, 2006 08:14
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i produce my music on laptop, mostly because of lack of dedicated space and the need to move constantly. i use cubase and it does well but i have to bounce to audio (which id do anyhow) and careful use of fx. i think the problem with laptops is less compatibility with external audio devices, so really think about the sound device when getting one. i have a echo indigo and for software only setups it really works! of course i plan to upgrade and buy a monster desktop pc with a firewire audio for studio use, and keep this lap for live performances and make music as the sun is falling at the beach (something hardware junkies will never get)
cheers
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gaianide
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Posted : Aug 4, 2006 15:37
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I have a Toshiba Sattalite P4 3.06 GHZ, 512MB RAM.
I got it for a steal but if I could turn back time I would go for a desktop system. Mainly for the added power, ease of epgrading, and as mentioned the connectivity to soundcards etc.
I've got an Edirol USB soudcard and I get some noise coming through all the time which I'm pretty sure is coming from either the hard disk drive or CD/DVD ROM drive. Maybe cus they're so compacted in together...? Best option is to have both, one for in the studio, the other for on the road to use as a sketch pad and for DJing. |
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RatInAKage
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Posted : Aug 7, 2006 01:15
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Thanks for the advice.
Im sure the time will come when laptops will be as powerful and compatible as desktops (or at least powerful and compatible enough). I kinda wish that time was now, but i guess the best thing to do is to buy a cheap desktop and keep waiting.
Anyone know of any music production related benchmarks? I guess one of my problems has always been heat. When my laptop bombs i feel it underneath and its usually pretty damb hot. Apparently, heat is reduced substantially in these newer chips. thoughts? |
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