Hi Wthrman,

actually if your refering to the 17" P4 laptop they sell its a clevo D900 series.
which actually sucks really bad for audio. this is the same as the Sager 9000 series or the one we sell (D900)
it does rock for gaming and video editing!

Scott
ADK



Hi Scott,

Why do you say that model sucks? (just curious?) I've been using it for a few months now for several large projects and it's been great.

See ya,

Ron

using a sager 17" from www.discountlaptops.com and it is kicking much *ss. I have a desktop dual opteron, and it's performing better than that computer. As a matter of fact, I'm selling that computer, [complete with a Lynx 2 card] so my confidence level is high with the Sager laptop. running Sonar, Cubase, all the spectrasonics stuff, Kontakt, Lounge Lizard, Absynth, etc............tons of vst's and other efx plugins, lots of audio and it's been great. Using the Sager NP 4750 V2 model, specifically, with 2 gig RAM. Also using a Glyph external netdrive via firewire, which has been flawless, as well. Audio interfaces I've been using are the Echo Indigo and the Apogee Mini Me, when I need to record. both have been great, via pcmcia [indigo] and usb [apogee]. Ultimately cost me less than a blown up Athlon 64 3700, with 2 gig RAM from Best Buy would have cost, and that would have had a 4200 rpm HD. The Sager has a 7200 internal. Great warranty and customer support, as well.
Hope that helps

www.samahmusic.com

i also have a viao fs570 with the bright screen .. and it is now my principle DAW .. i pretty much
don't use my desktop.

my only complaint about the FS570 is that the built-in realtek audio chip is a gigantic piece
of crap. .. i was hoping to use it for full portable usage .. but i have to drag my Mbox around ..
which is OK .. but that's my only ding on it.

other than that .. super stable .. i love the screen.

jeff

Hey Rock,
nope not offended at all, but you could have had a faster laptop.
yes strong word!
its just the statement that a laptop out performs an opteron. even as fast as the new Sonomas are (which are faster than a P4)
i only compared it to the older 533 2.8G Xeon. and that was just a low latency VSTi test. our laptop still couldnt do the 80 track 96k a Xeon could

all testing aside and real world only. you have a very portable studio with that laptop. this is far easier than lugging around a 50lb rack for sure.
and that laptop aint bad.

but in "real world" applications you would not be able to live gig running the same # of live samples as you would an opteron.
in a live studio setting you would not be able to track 24 tracks 96k live much less mix 100.
in a live setting you could not record 120 44.1 tracks at once.
in an editing mode, you could not run 200 effects and 100 samples and 150 tracks (mind you most dont, but for orchestration)
as a giga box used for orchestration you would not be able to run 600 voices.


what i do believe is that for the way you work and what you do is serves you far better than a 50Lb gorilla.

truth be told todays laptops have become very powerful and many who once required a desktop will no longer need one.
when the new dual core Yonah (Intel) (2006)and the AMD 939 X2 laptops come out (next month)
the number of people needing a desktop will be even less.
a true portable studio is now a reality!
~sigh~

Peace
Scott
ADK

those are great specs, scott. Anyway, to stay on the original question, U can definitely do what U need to do with the laptop I mentioned before. [Sager 4750] I use it and really push the envelope, and it has been great. I've finished probably 15 projects on it over the last 2 months already and haven't encountered any problems yet. I didn't have any real problems with Scott's machine, I just have been on the road and needed to get something more portable, so sometimes that's how U find a better solution. The ADK dual opteron is great, too. (anyone looking to buy it complete with a Lynx 2 card? U can go to scott's site to get the specs. ;)
I know I'm not supposed to do that. Anyway..................
Hope that helps.