Meadows and Labyrinths Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) :heart: :heart: :heart: i'll be moving back to my home in west va, and will be computerless... Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... things to know: - i don't know exactly what makes a laptop ideal for music. i'm guessing part of it is memory, as i tend to run several wave editors with lots going on. - i'm not looking for a desktop, and i don't care if they are better for music. i want portability above all. - my financial range is flexible, but i'd like to stay under $1200. i'll probably finance. - preferably pc. windows 2000 or better (for audio card compatability) THNAKS YUO> :heart: :heart: :heart: Edited February 18, 2006 by luke Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Meadows and Labyrinths's signature Hide all signatures plantre.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
theocide Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 no matter what kind of laptop you get, no matter what you end up deciding upon... RAM IS KEY. RAM IS KEY. RAM IS KEY FAGGOT (lol) Also, try not to get a laptop that is designed for battery life. they use processors that are ineffecient for musics. you need to get an outboard sound processor like that m-audio firewire dealies. thats the best advice i can offer. im sure someone else will contradict this post anyways. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest edge Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 I agree with Theocide. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theocide Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 THEO U FAT SHIT TWAT HOW COULD U RECOMEND A SHITE LAPTOP PC WHY AVE U NOT RECOMED A MACINTOSH MATE??? MACS IS WOT APHEX USES AND ALL SHOULD BE USE DEM. SORTED MATE. SELECTA Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) when i was looking for one i read a post by 'electronic music composer' on mu saying vaios are good. so i got a vaio. if you're using wave editors memory is the most important thing, yeah. 1gb is ideal. YEAH NICE ONE MATE HAPPY DAYS Edited February 18, 2006 by tauboo Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theocide Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 i gots a new sony vaio it be havin 512 megabytes of ram and it have 60 gigbytes of 'arddrive. it alsos gots, like, all deez memory tings for like, memory cards or wot eva~. yo it be also avin dis fuckin memory fing chip dats like... 1 million mhz pentium m. its fast as an 'ard snare rush canin in me subs. run tings. bo. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 512 thats peanuts mate what u on elephant knob Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theocide Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 are u tryng 2 get hard wid me m8 ill tayk u out 2 de woodz and cut ur prik off u fukin dirty smelly twat...512 iz a lot n im savng money 2 get more so n da meantime u can fuk right off cunt twat shite e8r Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosca Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 try and get one that has a dedicated video card (ie not shared) get fuck large RAM! ext hard drive @ 7200Rpm (internals too slow for aw dee oh) FW or USB2 plenty ports - mines has 7 USB2 and i've still got to use a fucking hUb stickers for the front kp[nmomo Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide mosca's signature Hide all signatures Touch my bum... Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 mosca said: stickers for the front lolol Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaen's signature Hide all signatures trumps toe fungus Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 kaen said: mosca said: stickers for the front lolol i couldn't agree more Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide YEK's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents !:/music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disco_epilepsy Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 kaen said: mosca said: stickers for the front lolol mac stickers can increase your nerd cred dramatically if you're using a windows machine besides that everything else that's important has already been said, such as ram and ports Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2780 Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 ram is totally not everything of course its good if it is fast ram dont let amount to fool you... hdd rpm speed is something... prosessors is everything... dont get celeron or shit like that Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ~ism Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 2780 said: prosessors is everything... dont get celeron or shit like that ram you can upgrade easily enough - it's cheap enough these days to pick up 512 sodimms. make sure the cpu is a good un. and second the dedicated gpu - make sure it aint onboard gfx or your sequencer window screen redraw rate will plummet when things get busy, and drag the whole thing to the ground. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows and Labyrinths Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 ok, this is a lot to take in, but from reading what everyone has said, and looking at sony/dell websites, and checking out the customizeable notebooks, i'm getting a fairly good idea of the whole thing. this has been very helpful, thanks dudes. peanuts Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Meadows and Labyrinths's signature Hide all signatures plantre.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blicero Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 maybe i'm just a pussy, but i can't bring myself to put stickers on my new vaio. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows and Labyrinths Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) it seems that i can find a dell (for way cheap) with the amount of ram and processing power necessary, what is the important differences between say, a pumped up dell inspiron to a sony vaio with the same ram/processing? Edited February 18, 2006 by luke Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Meadows and Labyrinths's signature Hide all signatures plantre.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blicero Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 luke said: it seems that i can find a dell (for way cheap) with the amount of ram and processing power necessary, what is the important differences between say, a pumped up dell inspiron to a sony vaio with the same ram/processing? the amount of pussy you get. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-91968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Marlow Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 i am using a notebook for all my audio works. the key is not the ram only. 1.) it has to be silent -> mobile processor ->pentium M 2.) connectivity -> more than 2x usb (mine has 4) 3.) usb harddisks suck (really, i crashed 4 times in 2 years on fucking shit USB/USB2.0) -> firewire port for the harddisks 4.) external HDD for wav samples should be one with a cooler! (firewire SATA) 5.) use windows 2003 using newest softwareclasses, 2000 professional for reliability, xp professional for lowest cost (i'd really love to see linux here with the mass of software) 6.) CPU / RAM approx 2:1 mine is 1,5 Ghz : 512 MB 7.) dont install shit, keep it clean (or make 2 partitions) 8.) wise choice of soundcard. the choice of your external soundcard can save you a lot of system ressources on your laptop as such 9.) SERVICE!! dont chose a cheap retailer... you'll really pay twice. ok. i bought an ASUS A3N that days, i think newer ones are better. but i would ever buy another ASUS for their support. what doesn't mean there are other good ones. alienware is especially good for you US consumers Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-92061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cyanescens Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 More than 2 ghz Processor Speed More than 1000 mb RAM = Good to go. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-92356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Marlow Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Cyanescens said: More than 2 ghz Processor Speed More than 1000 mb RAM = Good to go. can you please tell me for what you need that ? MIDI doesn't need it as well as loading .wav samples. As long as you don't use a thousand VST's or Reaktor there's no need for such a megamachine ? I'd say for those things you should stick into a local machine again then. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-92376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisforawesome Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 this might be helpful. http://www.computermusic.co.uk/tutorial/laptop/laptop1.asp Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide sisforawesome's signature Hide all signatures Δ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-92417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Marlow Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 sisforawesome said: this might be helpful.http://www.computermusic.co.uk/tutorial/laptop/laptop1.asp gooood resource. i'd buy an apple now too! low consumption, high efficiency. PIII were very good processors also (the first processors really usable for something like notebooks) thx, i'll bookmark this for friends too Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-92421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylonbitch Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 processor and ram, as big numbers as you an afford... and separate video processing, you'll be fine. don't go dell, unless you want to listen to their 'don't give a fuck' line when something goes wrong. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide pylonbitch's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-92422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Keef Baker Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Don't buy an acer. I made that mistake. It's unusable because the audio glitches even after countless rebuilds, different external soundcards, different operting systems the lot. Rubbish. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/4463-recommend-a-laptop-designed-for-music-making/#findComment-92494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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