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Mobile processor laptops and music making
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serotonot
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Posted : Jun 29, 2005 11:35
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Any of you guys know anything about these new mobile processors?
I've been planning to buy a laptop computer and I'm stuck in great selection of processors.
I'm going for a budget model, so I've thought about either AMD Sempron 3000+ processor or Intel M350 (or M3something)
Any advices are very welcome!
This laptop will mainly be used in playing live and making music on long train travels. |
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z1P^
Megalopsy
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Posted : Jun 29, 2005 14:55
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ey there serotonot
my advise is to try avoiding mobile processors like centrino, sempron, etc. intel mobile is a good choice because its cache and clocks, otherwise the performance for music production will be quite poor.
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billy ambulance
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Posted : Jun 29, 2005 15:23
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centrino "dothan" or "sonoma" is the best choise these days. cache memory of 2mb is needed also as much as you can of RAM memory.
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serotonot
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Posted : Jun 29, 2005 15:37
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Found one I like the most so far:
HP NX9110
PROCESSOR - Intel Pentium M 730
PROCESSOR SPEED - 1600 MHz
FRONT SIDE BUS - 533 MHz
CACHE - 2 MB
CHIPSET - Intel 915GM
RAM - 512 MB
RAM (MAX) - 2 GB
HARD DISC - 5400 rpm / 40 GB
1x PCIMCIA
of course there is also that basic stuff (graphics accel. etc. but dont think it matters here)
That would cost little less than 1000 euros
what do you thing about that?
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serotonot
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Posted : Jun 29, 2005 15:38
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centrino, sempron, etc. intel mobile is a good choice because its cache and clocks, otherwise the performance for music production will be quite poor.
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Ain't centrino Intel's mobile processor?
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Jun 29, 2005 18:38
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Salvia
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Posted : Jun 29, 2005 18:44
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midislave
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Posted : Jun 29, 2005 19:26
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4400$ lol:) |
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Salvia
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Posted : Jun 29, 2005 20:52
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It's not so bad for $3649.99. It is a really good laptop. |
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serotonot
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Posted : Jun 30, 2005 07:55
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On 2005-06-29 18:38, Colin OOOD wrote:
Yup. Centrino rocks for mobile performance - don't be misled by the relatively low clock speeds as for some applications, performance can be equal to a P4 processor of about twice the speed.
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I read somewhere that mobile processor's speed is comparable to P4 if you count it 1,6 times so that 1,6 Mobile is like 2,56 though it seems to kick at least P4 2,6Ghz's ass in the benchmarks.
But i guess i'll buy that HP as soon as i get couple hundred euros more |
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z1P^
Megalopsy
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Posted : Jun 30, 2005 13:05
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go for a pentium m aka 'dothan'
the proccessor that has the worlds fastest super pi record
=D
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orange
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Posted : Jun 30, 2005 18:25
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i use a 2.8 p4 533fsb with 1g ram and im pretty fine for laptop use but iff you wanna brutal power go for desktop exept if yu have some thousands to spend for a laptop
centrino is nice but i prefer normal p4 cpus are much faster i think and centrino is more expensive!!
i bought mine for 1199E and im really pleased but i give 300E for audio card 50E for ram 200E for harddrive and the price rised a lot so it depends of how much you will spend for mobility
orange-atropa
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MARGHERITA
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Posted : Jun 30, 2005 21:23
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sorry guys,,, why dont choose a Apple Laptop ? im working into a I book G4 & is very good,,, & the prices ...!!!!! youhou!!!!!!
$3649.99 is a lot of money,,, with this, i buy a G5 tower & a Ibook G4 guys 
a G5 double procc is Less of 2'000 € & a Ibook is Less 1'000 € in swiss
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midislave
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Posted : Jul 1, 2005 00:36
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i'll tell you why not many ppl want mac: there's almost no cracks or freeware for mac, making it very expencive to use it as musicpc. if you have the money to buy a ibook, g5 + all software i think you must be a son of a swiss banker or something |
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MARGHERITA
Master Margherita
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Posted : Jul 1, 2005 01:00
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sorry midislave,, but we have all the cracks we need for make good music into a apple OS,,,
im not a son of a swiss banker,,,, the prices are very low,,, for 4'000 us $$$ is possible to buy a lot of things for make music
softwares, sound card & a good & pretty laptop, with a good screen & powerfull,,,,,,
i have also play in a lot of places with my i book,, is a good machine, strong & small...
good luck serotonot http://mastermargherita.com |
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