Laptops for SONAR Platinum

I haven't used a laptop for Sonar really, since 8.5.3 quite a while back.
 
That said, I certainly have seen and read many many threads regarding using Sonar on laptops, and have participated in some of those threads.
 
I think that once you get above whatever the threshold for laptop requirements, it will largely come down to memory and an ability to have a 2nd hard drive in the laptop. 
 
Having a 2-drive laptop allows for comfortable and not too pricey use of a solid-state drive for the primary, while splitting sample libraries and projects off onto a 2nd internal 7,200 HDD.
 
LOTS of folks have Sonar loaded onto a laptop, and use it for everything from capturing rehearsals on up to capturing a live performance in multi-track fashion.
 
Just make sure you look at inherent DPC Latency of the laptop in question - evaluating things like determining if the WiFi adapters being enabled causes streaming audio performance issues or not.
 
Bob Bone

I run SPlat on my Dell laptop perfectly well.  I've never come close to maxing out my system, and other than setting my buffer rates for minimal latency i haven't customized anything.  
Dell Latitude, i5 processor, Windows 8, 16Gb RAM.

Thanks guys for a good range of info. Earlier in the summer I decided to try X2 on my laptop, and it worked. That got my interest going again, so later I did the Platinum demo. I was even more surprised to see that it worked on the same laptop just fine. That's when I got very interested in the latest in SONAR.
 
I notice that Dell is mentioned several times. Right or wrong, I know some computers have the reputation of working good with certain recording software. I'm on an HP Envy. I don't particularly like HP Envy's (this is my second HP in a row) every time I do the specs and prices, HP seems to win out. I will probably get another laptop in a few months and I'm mainly just looking ahead to what has a good reputation of working well with SONAR. Seems like if a system has Win 10, i7, 2.6 or more of processor, 16 or more gigs of ram, that it should work fine, regardless of brand, but I've also seen brand play a part. I'm seeing some powerful ones on ebay with 3.10 and more processors and the big 17.3 inch screens that I love. I take it from what I've read here so far that SONAR doesn't have a specific brand that it seems to work best with. It the system requirements are met or exceeded, the machine should run SONAR fine, regardless of brand. Correct?
 
Concerning a desktop, that is my other machine. I bought a really good desk top from Jim Roseberry at Purfect Audio about three or maybe four years ago. I just sent it to him for some upgrades and to bring it all up to speed for me again, so that will be the main one I use. I just wanted to be able to carry my studio around on my laptop when I travel, or even just to take it to a friends house for collaborations or anything else that I might need a mobile unit for. I feel sure that the desk top that Jim's rigging up for me now will be the main studio machine.
 
Thanks for all the great answers and info!
DS

Absolutely right. Jim is a good citizen of the world.

Look for a laptop with a PCIe SSD drive. They are noticeably faster than standard SSD's.

JustGotPaid
This looks like a good one, and it's a Dell. My only concern is when you learn more, it's a 2.10 ghz but is 3.10 with the turbo boost. What kind of difference does that make? Does the turbo boost stay on the whole time when the computer needs the extra power?
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-DELL-17-3-i7-3612QM-3-10GHz-QUAD-CORE-16GB-1TB-SSD-WINDOWS-10-PRO-OFFICE-/252300779295?hash=item3abe4c5f1f:m:mEz1r0hmkBR25ldqtfe7g0w

 
I'm a laptop-only user, and if I were you I wouldn't buy this model, just because its display resolution is 1600 x 900. My primary laptop's resolution is 1920 x 1080, and secondary's is 1600 x 900. SONAR's GUI looks perfect in 1920 x 1080.

I moved to a laptop lately, Acer Nitro.  CPU   I7 6700HQ
It`s a German model it was advertised as an entry level gaming laptop.
The only thing I added was a second SSD so far, I will add some more RAM in the future.
It's bullet proof for me.
Peace

Yes, all the highest performing custom laptops are using a Clevo shell.
No off-the-shelf laptop is going to compare to the Clevo running a desktop 6700k CPU.
The only downside to the Clevo is cost.