COMPUTER ADVICE

hello...Currently have a Toshiba Satellite A505 laptop with Intel i5, 4gbRAM,500gb HD, 2.27ghz,5400rpm...Question is..Id like to use the V100 studio with Producer 8.5 and X1.I mainly record blues with roughly 20 tracks, not many synth backing parts.Would this computer work.I ran the DPC test and it worked as long as my LAN wireless was off.I will only be  using this computer  for music production.Any help or advice appreciated.Im coming off of a Tascam 16 track analog and an Akai dps16, so this is all new to me.Thanks

Thanks for the info.I may use an external HD to play audio and not comprimise the computers drive.Anyone else out there with advice, Id much appreciate it!

Thanks for the great idea.I was thinkin of buying an external HD 7200rpm, but I may just upgrade the interior one.Thanks again and keep the suggestions comin.

Your Toshiba should be just fine to run the studio, but definitely invest in a good external drive and put all your data on that instead of on your laptop hard drive. Just install SONAR on the laptop hard drive, run msconfig and disable everything and restart. That gives you a clean startup. Don't go online with this computer. Just plug your external hd into a desktop and download whatever files you need to, then move it back to your laptop and you should be in good shape. Max out the RAM always. If upgrading your hd is an option, by all means do. In your system properties/advanced section, make sure you set your preferences to "best performance" vs. "best appearance" or "let Windows choose...".

That should help significantly. And, as always, just make sure your PC's specs exceed the minimum version of the software's requirements. It doesn't have to be the "recommended version", but should be well above the minimum requirements....

Good luck!

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