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Date: 30-Nov-04 @ 09:44 AM Edit: 30-Nov-04 | 09:45 AM -
RE: Tell me about your laptop setup.
Ok, in the spirit of getting things going... as some of you know Darkstate is going live next year and alongside our drummers and vocalists, we're bringing back in a bass player (double bass if possible) and "guest guitarists"... the rest of the work is gonna be done by me using a laptop runnin XP and Live V4, two Kenton Control Freaks and my Z1 (on controller and lead synth duties)
I've done a fair bit of research so far and as I'm quite happy with my studio PC setup, so finding the perfect laptop in terms of accoustic noise/battery life/portability etc. isn't as much of a concern.
I've got my eyes on getting some kind of AMD Athlon64 3000DTR to 3400DTR based lappy which comes with 1Gb RAM and an 80GB 5400RPM drive (which isn't perfect but should be ok).. factoring in "rip-off Britain" prices, I should hopefully be buying it for less than £1000...
what do you think??In benchmarks and various reviews, this thing should give me the most bang for the buck.. Centrino based lappys are smaller, quieter etc. but that's not so much of a concern for me (unless you good folk can think of an overriding reason that is?)
Marc_D