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So do i get a sony vaio, where i can get or an apple powerbook for the same price thereabouts with |
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to perform music on (not write it, just perform it) |
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music is generally performed on stage, not on a laptop. you'll need a heavily re-inforced laptop to be able to perform on it. |
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get a mac and never go back (music industry standard, lots of cool apps and less trouble and viruses) |
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Bah!!! windows machines are easily expandable in comparison to macs. |
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use analogue machines! samplers! synths! turntables! drum-machines (drums, preferrably)! |
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this is silly coz we all like our machines and get used to them. i use mac and really like it but it doesnt mean its the best or that you should use one too. |
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that sony vaio kicks the shit out of an apple powermac in terms of power (especially for live shows). your preference, i guess tho. |
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"windows machines are easily expandable in comparison to macs" yes, cause often you have to get other stuff to your wintel machine because of the crappy soundcard and other stuff |
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I wasn't really bashing macs but what i said is true, i would like to use one to see what they are like actually. |
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they are.. incredibly unpractical if you don't have a two-button mouse or an external controller for controlling everything. |
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I´m quite curious using a pc-laptop optimized for music too, could it possibly work? ;) (I´m too fond of my PowerBook, though) |
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afx uses sony vaio... |
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Richard David James used a Sony Vaio on stage when I saw him, so I guess I would have boght something like that if I was a rising techno star :) |
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you can make quality music for home or live applications on any computer, pc/mac. its the work you make and monitoring system that counts in the long run!!!! |
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oh yeah RDJ uses a sony so you must get that one omg!!!! ;) |
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RDJ at one time used this on live sets: CUBASE SX 1.01 MIDEX3 WINDOWSXP SONY VAIO SRX7 VX POCKET 440 fruityloops |
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quick lets all get the same!! |
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i make music with my elasticated shoebox guitar and my biscuit tin drums! |
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dingle berry: you´re right. |
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avart: you´re right. |
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The phrase Industry Standarddown my spine. Especially with music hardware.
It's a not a good chill either. Why must things be deemed an industry standard for people to think they're worth buying or as a basis for people to buy it? If someone tells you it's an industry standard ignore it and look elsewhere. Read up on the hardware you want (In this case laptops) and come to your own conclusion about what you want. Ask yourself obvious questions about what you want from your laptop and see which one caters to that the closest. Do you already have software for a type of computer? What is your level of knowledge on either platform? Questions like that are the best way to go about this sort of decision. |
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The phrase Industry Standard sends a chill down my spine. Especially with music hardware. It's a not a good chill either. Why must things be deemed an industry standard for people to think they're worth buying or as a basis for people to buy it? If someone tells you it's an industry standard ignore it and look elsewhere. Read up on the hardware you want (In this case laptops) and come to your own conclusion about what you want. Ask yourself obvious questions about what you want from your laptop and see which one caters to that the closest. Do you already have software for a type of computer? What is your level of knowledge on either platform? Questions like that are the best way to go about this sort of decision. That's better |
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perhaps it does send a chill down your spine! but if you want to work alongside other record companies and play the same game you need to at least be able to replicate a much sought after sound! |
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im not sure i agree there dingle berry. " to work along side other record companies and play the same game"? i dont get it :) and what "much sought after sound"? |
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seems the apple link stopped working. I know the VAIO spec is far superior to the mac, but ive never had a mac and would like to learn them, plus i hear theyre far more stable. And shouldnt that be priority #1? |
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will you sit in my lap? |
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erm, thats definately a no. Youre just text on a screen. I'll live thanks. More help would be nice though :) |
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7835 posts? You get out a lot then? |
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Sony Vaio's are great....I've got one. Mine is about 3 years now....but its amazing, and it has one of the best screens I've seen on a laptop |
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lol are you going by clock speed? if so, then you cannot compare x86 CPU's to RISC chips put it this way, a 1GHz G4 PowerPC chip (used in Apple machines) is the equivalent of a 1.8GHz x86 chip. it just amazes me how people think a PC chip is better than Apple just because of clock speed. fact of the matter is that a RISC chip will perform operations faster than PC chips because the have: Reduced Instruction Set Computation |
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Maybe you should decide on a software platform (Logic, Cubase, whatever) first and then pick Mac or PC based on that. That's what I did. I went with Mac and am pretty satisfied. |
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The clockspeed game is amusing. It's the number if cycles that's does it. |
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Kraftwerk use vaio....they know what's best! |
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You could be onto something. |
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"Kraftwerk use vaio....they know what's best!" well, - Autechre uses PowerBook G4 ....they know what's best! :P |
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Vaio is a good choice for a PC laptop, and of course the powerbook is just a sweet machine. I'm a mac person, so I'm biased. I say get what you can afford, where you won't be going in debt. I'm looking to finance a dualie G5 this summer, taking a massive loan out :-/ |
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laptops are the bees knees mac people dont make sense mac hardware is good peace! |
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ive decided to get a mac. |
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when you get your mac, email me or something i can help you out with some software ;) |
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make yourself clear: why a mac? |
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sweet |
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because they are sexy mother fuckers and i want to learn about macs |
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I use a PC laptop, but I hear Macs are best for graphics & sound editing. |
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it depends which interface you prefere, because i think there both pretty much the same really in proformence. [provided your pc is made by a person/company that choose hardware that works well together]. it also depends on what software you were planning on using? each platform have different stuff. but you can achieve virtually anything on either platform. |
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what do i do about soundcards for making music? Can i get one with midi inputs etc for a laptop? probably a stupid question |
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i wouldnt be buying anything for 6 months or so, windows is about to go 64-bit. |
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a powerbooks´s soundcard will be just fine for muaicmaking, it provides low latency and a reasonable quality of sound. PCMCIA/FireWire & USB soundcards are also available, but unneccasary - focus on the music and the software instead. for midi you should use a USB midiinterface. |
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