Laptop. Help?

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2015/06/19 19:28:05 (permalink)

Laptop. Help?

okay I give up. I am looking for a good solid recording laptop as my HP Pavilion has died. it will not be my primary recording system but will be used for travel etc anyway I've been looking for weeks can't seem to narrow anything down any help would be greatly appreciated I need to find something for 600 or less everyone says the processor needs to be I 5 to I 7 / 8 gigabytes of RAM blah blah blah anyway can anyone help?  model numbers? anything at this point would be appreciated. peace out

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Windows 7 pro
Gigabyte EP43-UD3L MOBO Intel P43 Chipset
Intel (R) Core 2 Duo CPU E8500 @3.16GHz 3.25GB of RAM / NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
Tascam US 16x8
Roland UM-2G
Sonar Platinum  

Laptop (Used as a "Mobile Studio")  
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge
E550 I7-5500U
CPU 2.40GHZ
Ram 8GB
64 bit
500 GB HD 7200rpm
Audio Interface: Tascam US-16x8
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    charlyg
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    Re: Laptop. Help? 2015/06/19 19:36:39 (permalink)
    I was doing fine on a Fujitsu i3. I spilled water and now I have a mid tower i5. It is faster, but I could have lived longer with the i3 but for my clumsiness. My i5 is faster than anything but the new i7 according to a list I saw the other day. It really doesn't matter tho. It does the job well.

     
     
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    Re: Laptop. Help? 2015/06/19 20:16:05 (permalink)
    I'm sure you could get by with less, but you're not too far off in what you're willing to pay and this one http://mscgr.com/best-windows-recording-laptop-211414220 $849 @ Amazon

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    Re: Laptop. Help? 2015/06/20 03:12:32 (permalink)
    My Toshiba i3 is fine for SPlat. Slow, but solid.

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    Re: Laptop. Help? 2015/06/20 05:36:28 (permalink)
    I'm using a laptop that is based on a CLEVO P150M and so far it has been a fantastic laptop.
     
    There is a guy on here who I think uses CLEVO laptops as his starting point.
     
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    Re: Laptop. Help? 2015/06/20 06:56:08 (permalink)
    I have an older Lenovo i5 machine and it does well for on-site live recordings.  I move everything to my desktop for actual production after the recordings. 

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    Re: Laptop. Help? 2015/06/20 15:48:28 (permalink)
    thanks for all the info people!
     

    Desktop
    Windows 7 pro
    Gigabyte EP43-UD3L MOBO Intel P43 Chipset
    Intel (R) Core 2 Duo CPU E8500 @3.16GHz 3.25GB of RAM / NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
    Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
    Tascam US 16x8
    Roland UM-2G
    Sonar Platinum  

    Laptop (Used as a "Mobile Studio")  
    Lenovo ThinkPad Edge
    E550 I7-5500U
    CPU 2.40GHZ
    Ram 8GB
    64 bit
    500 GB HD 7200rpm
    Audio Interface: Tascam US-16x8
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    Re: Laptop. Help? 2015/06/24 00:37:15 (permalink)
    This is what I've been using for the past couple of years as my main rig. It's been a really solid. I paid $1,200 for it in March of 2013 (plus another $100 recently to upgrade from 12GB of RAM to 16GB).  

    ASUS N56V, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Intel Core i7 2.4GHz, 16GB RAM, 750 GB Hybrid HDD/SSD

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