X2 Essential or X2 Producer for laptop?

You could download the 30-day free trial and check if it works fine, I think.

Jlien X


You could download the 30-day free trial and check if it works fine, I think.

Well, IMO, if he already owns X2 Producer, there's little use for a demo, which also is Producer.

I don't think there's any difference resource-wise which version you're running. The core of the program is the same in all versions, I'm 99% sure. It's just some of the heaviest mastering plugins that can cause glitches.
Running a 64 bit system you could buy a little more RAM, perhaps.

Yeah - I would load X2a on it.

Does your laptop allow for additional memory to be added?  If so, a 4 GB strip costs around $20-$30 these days, if memory serves (pun intended).

More memory would be a good thing in any case.

I think the i3 would be a little slow, but would likely run X2a OK.

Bob Bone

Cheers guys, thanks for the info...I will investigate installing two new 4 gig chips then...I think it is pretty straight forward for Toshiba laptops.

WOW!! Thanks CB - terrific  info...sounds like my system will be pretty much identical and I won't be running as much as that...I might just give it tryout first after loading up Producer and THEN see if more RAM is needed... It was mentioned above the i3 may be a bit slow - can you tell me what your experience with it was? I mean did you NOTICE it being particularly slow, even though it did the tasks assigned?

Thanks Bob,  yeah I sorta already figured that   I didn't mean it to come across as I thought you were hinting the i3 was inferior or anything 

I was more asking if he noticed and significant lagging on some things is all...


The i3 (especially the over 2ghz ones) are not to bad at all for a budget cpu imo....I use an i5 quad 3.4ghz on my main set..

the I3 is very fast, like bob said, not as fast as the I7 (I knew what you meant bob :)
but depending on your needs if your going to be doing a lot of tracks a ram upgrade might be favorable.
I think you will be pleasantly surprised though.

I even tested one with a docking station
http://us.toshiba.com/accessory/PA3778U-1PRP

what this does is add another monitor so by using the one vga on the laptop this also gives another vga, so in essence you can use 2 monitors and close the laptop.
but this dock does draw power from the laptop, but under the circumstances it ran very well.
this was the I3 second generation.

I think the whole line of the i3-i5 and i7 are great CPU's.
of course the I7 being superior but the I3 is a nice processor and tops a lot of mid grade cpu's out there.

one point in my life I was sold on Intel, until I started testing AMD CPU's
then I realized something, for the price and for what we are using them for in our digital audio machines here.
they are amazing.

AMD makes an 8 core bulldozer.
its a beast.
I use the AMD phenom II black edition 6 core CPU in my custom built computer.

I usually build between 3-5 computers a month, sometimes more, sometimes less.  
I can build a entry level daw capable of handling heavy loads with sonar for under 500.00. I wrote a book on computer building and if you ever get the cash and the time I suggest building your own, you can even salvage the old HD out of your old computer, I get that a lot from customers who fried up there old systems.
they want to use it as a second storage unit.(sample library)
I have ten videos that go with the book if your interested you can check them out here:
this is the first one 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFZ7ZrsTl3g