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i just ordered my beast of a laptop. intel centrino duo 1.83 ghz 637mhz fsb 1024 DDR ram 100gig HD 15.4 inch screen even got a free printer (not that i wanted it) all for £688 including delivery. I don't think i've ever spent so much money, i really couldn't afford it either. Oh well. |
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Good spec for the cost. Nice. What sort of soundcard are you going to run with it? Does it support dual screens (IE can the monitor you plug into it show stuff other than what appears on the lappy's own screen?) |
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congrats! you just need a pair of sunglasses and you're all set for an idm star! can't get no sleep.. |
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aye it supports dual monitors. I havent got a soundcard for it yet (just onboard for mo) seeing as i couldn't really affor dthe laptop itself let alone the card i'd like to get. Hopefully when im out in Japan making some moolah i will buy the but not for a lil while yet. |
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enjoy it,its a good tool |
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Nice! Even if you just hook it up to an old CRT, make sure you at least try using a second monitor. It's amazing how people have the capability to, but never do. With a sequencer that lets you spread the display over 2 screens (Reason works particularly well) it is a much, much quicker way to work. No clicking between windows all the time; just sequencer timeline in one, VSTs/fx in the other and away you go. |
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i used to do it on my old PC, I had a dual monitor videocard (which is agp so wont go in the PC i have now) and i had 2 17" monitors. I'd have ableton in one window and floops in the other. Its hella useful. |
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Sounds/looks like a good setup. I've not found a way of getting either floops (FL Studio 5) or Ableton (5) to actually span 2 screens itself (rather than 1 on each screen), any idea if that's possible? I think Ableton with session view on one monitor and arrangement view on the other would be fantastic. |
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no i am not sure how to get one spread across both screens, maybe remove the background from floops and strech the windows? its been a while since i had dual monitors so i dont know and can't experiment. |
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Nice one. I wish I could order myself up some spanking new hardware. I think I'll make do with rebuilding my current PC. It's not old but it needs a clearout. Physically and on the actual drives. |
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Yep, I'm doing this too. Once we're moved in, the Gf's PC is going to be for email/games/word etc. and my PC is going to be rebuilt purely for music. I mean absolutely bugger all other than XP and music software. No internet access, no network, no antivirus, everything unneccessary uninstalled and all unneccessary services disabled. New software will be moved across via cd drive (having been virus scanned on the other machine first) and likewise stuff will be moved off via CDr. |
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best way is to have music only computer but i need this laptop for Japan to skype home (skype the spyware filled bastard). But untill i go it will be a dedicated beast of a laptop. |
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i just realised (looking at my order invoice) they ahve given me XP home media edition. WTF is media edition, i hope its nto some gay shit version of windows :( |
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It's a gay shit version of windows. Don't know why they've given you that on a laptop. Idiots. It's designed for a media centre so you can record TV etc. It's not a proper copy of XP. Well it is but it's not for what you want. |
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FUCK can you not just turn the media centre bit off? it says its the same as home but with added extras. ARGH |
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im about to order a new laptop,i think im gonna go with apple this time. |
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i got the mac bug for a month or two but man i hate mac. I'm not trying to get into the PC/Mac debate, its just not for me. I've been reading up on media centre edition 2005 and it seems it should run just like home assuming i don't use the actual media centre bit, which i most likely wont, although it might be useful in Japan i dunno yet though. Regardless i guess i can always downlaod professional and install that (assuming there are no hardware probs with it being a pre installed/built system). |
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Ah, just been trying this again with Floops. Can't work out why I hadn't done it sooner. Maybe I tried with an earlier version and it didn't work... Still, glad I've found it out. |
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just run windows 95! old school! |
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to be honest,its for final scratch 2-ive been advised apple runs it better than pc. and thats the only reason,im very happy with my vaio. |
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final scratch? you lucky bastard ;) |
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final scratch eh? you lucky bastard ;) hehe |
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sorry about the double post, xltronic kept freezing! |
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i just gots to have it-but its the last dj gear im buying. |
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apart from maybe mark 5s |
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hahha :D love your avatar! |
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i love yours to,lets get married. |
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avatar marraige! at the chapel of geekington |
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Im pretty sure 'media centre' is XP Home with added bits in it for playing back media, like a dumbed down interface that can be used with a remote control or some shit so the average shmoe can use teh computars for music and films, im sure you can just ignore it, if not just stick xp pro on. Anyways, the specs look great, centrino's are where its at. |
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Dude, if you are thinking about buying Apple, I'd hold on for a couple of weeks before you order (depending on what you were going to order)........ |
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