It's been a while since I've seen any discussions onf good/bad
notebooks/laptops for audio recording here. Does anyone have recommendations
for a PC notebook in the range of $1500 to $2000? (not including audio i/o of
course).

I've been looking into HP and Toshiba brands, but in the absence of any
reports good or bad about any current PC notebook for audio, I'm kinda flying
blind.

Thanks for any help.

Details: We're hoping to run Nuendo and/or Pro Tools, and it will be mostly
used in the presence of an outlet, so battery life is a lower priority.

IBM is generally considered the most robust and highest quality
laptop, and from my experience (maintaining about 60 of the at the
office), IBM tech support and service just cannot be beat. i use an
ibm t40 with 1.5 centrino (about $1600). that said, almost any good
laptop can handle audio these days - the better machines will have
larger L2 cache size (1MB and up) and faster FSB (front side buss -
400mhz and faster). key components are the HDD - should be a fast
drive like 5400rpm or 7200rpm (avoid the slower 4200rpm std hdd's,
even though those will handle a few tracks without difficulty), and
lots of ram, at least 1GB. avoid celeron and other low-cost cpu's
that generally sacrifice some multimedia capabilities - stick with
centrino or P4, or perhaps the 64bit AMD athlon. there are now
high-quality front ends for both USB2 and firewire - either will do -
USB2 has more bandwidth, but there are more models of firewire
interfaces available. good luck.


Steve Jorgensen wrote in message . ..
It's been a while since I've seen any discussions onf good/bad
notebooks/laptops for audio recording here. Does anyone have recommendations
for a PC notebook in the range of $1500 to $2000? (not including audio i/o of
course).

I've been looking into HP and Toshiba brands, but in the absence of any
reports good or bad about any current PC notebook for audio, I'm kinda flying
blind.

Thanks for any help.

Details: We're hoping to run Nuendo and/or Pro Tools, and it will be mostly
used in the presence of an outlet, so battery life is a lower priority.

IBM is generally considered the most robust and highest quality
laptop, and from my experience (maintaining about 60 of the at the
office), IBM tech support and service just cannot be beat. i use an
ibm t40 with 1.5 centrino (about $1600). that said, almost any good
laptop can handle audio these days - the better machines will have
larger L2 cache size (1MB and up) and faster FSB (front side buss -
400mhz and faster). key components are the HDD - should be a fast
drive like 5400rpm or 7200rpm (avoid the slower 4200rpm std hdd's,
even though those will handle a few tracks without difficulty), and
lots of ram, at least 1GB. avoid celeron and other low-cost cpu's
that generally sacrifice some multimedia capabilities - stick with
centrino or P4, or perhaps the 64bit AMD athlon. there are now
high-quality front ends for both USB2 and firewire - either will do -
USB2 has more bandwidth, but there are more models of firewire
interfaces available. good luck.


Steve Jorgensen wrote in message . ..
It's been a while since I've seen any discussions onf good/bad
notebooks/laptops for audio recording here. Does anyone have recommendations
for a PC notebook in the range of $1500 to $2000? (not including audio i/o of
course).

I've been looking into HP and Toshiba brands, but in the absence of any
reports good or bad about any current PC notebook for audio, I'm kinda flying
blind.

Thanks for any help.

Details: We're hoping to run Nuendo and/or Pro Tools, and it will be mostly
used in the presence of an outlet, so battery life is a lower priority.