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I want one for making/listening to music ...more so the former.. I want it for the internet and things like dvd/games etc.. what are good laptops to get.. (not any macs.. I want centrino) that idm/laptop artists would get for these purposes.. VIAO? hit me w/ ideas |
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if you're planning to create music on a system ,I wouldn't recommend having internet on it also. the net is dangerous. best to keep your shissles seperated,.internet on a desktop / music making on a laptop. Thats how I do it. recommendation for laptop : anything fast with a lot of internal ram ! |
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but its always nice to be able to download stuff that you'll use to make ur music with... |
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hahaha, dunno what you want centrino for. from what i've heard all you really get is a new logo and commercial. but hey, it's your shit, get what you want. |
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yeah i've been considering laptop PC's lately too. what's a good set up? |
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centrino is completely wireless.. I dont want to plug in everywhere I go... any specific companies/models? should I go viao? .. ibooks are cheap and they're good for this kind of thing but I want a pc |
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What's your price range Theo? I'm buying a laptop soon myself |
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"if you're planning to create music on a system ,I wouldn't recommend having internet on it also. " That one was fun - the only reason for not having internet is that it easily eats up your musicmaking time.... theo, get a mac - ALL serious musicmakers in NYC use them! |
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low 1000s preferably I've seen these idm kids w/ vaios too though |
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If you are on a really tight budget don't worry about CPU speed, anything above 1Ghz should do you fine...it is worth buying a cheaper one with a good standard amount of memory and spending the money you saved on avoiding the better processor on a 512Mb stick of RAM. |
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Check out the Dell 600m, and the Toshibas, etc... Vaio's blow in my opinion. Sony is nothing but a world of pain. That's my second choice after an IBM T40... this is assuming you want portability over speed/extra ports/stuff like that Buy the minimal amount of RAM, then get 512 worth from Crucial |
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Ecnadniarb is totally right... RAM is more important that processor for music making/performing... anything over 1Ghz processor will be more than enough Might want to wait... Intel just announced a low-battery life 1GHz Centrino which will be put in laptops really soon, probably for around that price... that's what I'm waiting for |
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"ALL serious musicmakers in NYC use them!" Dunno about that, Portishead's engineer told me a couple of months ago, "Everyone in the UK uses macs, some of the americans use PCs, but they're in the minority." |
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Unless you want to take it around with you or someone else is buying it for you, then you are paying for the portability of the machine.....a desktop would be better value for money in my opinion. |
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It all boils down to what kind of software do you want to run on the laptop? I have a teeny little Sony Vaio sr21k 600MHZ running Reason, Recycle, Acid, Soundforge as well as Photoshop, Flash and a couple of games (although not at the same time) without any problems at all. Although, I have to say that Sony customer support is the worst I have ever seen. |
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Yeah....the machines are excellent, as long as you don't need to speak with them! : ( |
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ibooks aren't cheap |
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yea but you can grab one used or refurbished for pretty cheap, i remember seeing refurb ones for about $600. |
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the thing is - macs have decent internal soundcards - you can get really low latency and nice sound without having to buy external hardware... Then it doesn?t hurt THAT much that the computer is a bit pricier... You get something good for the money... |
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There isn't really much of a problem with latency on PC's providing you are exclusively working in a digital domain, same goes for sound quality...Mac's were traditionally more stable than PC's due to the restriction on 3rd party peripherals, but again this is not much of an issue these days. If you are on a budget you get a lot more bang for your money with a PC. |
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Yup pcs, especially with the advent of XP pro/2000 on home machines, have become a lot more stable. |
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