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Re: OT? Laptops on the PC side

I've had 2 Lenovo (formerly IBM) Thinkpads, a T32 bought in about 2002, and a T60 that is about 2 years old. Both have seem many, many gigs, and both have been extremely reliable. The T32 still does service as the living room email/web/iTunes node. The T60 is on every gig, running Ableton Live and various VST Plugz. I'm personally still running XP, and I see no reason to upgrade.
 
For interfaces, I use an Echo Indigo I/O for live playing, and a MOTU 828 and/or a MOTU 8Pre for remote recording. The MOTU interfaces require a firewire PCMCIA adaptor, as the thinkpads have only USB2 ports, but with the right adaptor and chipset, the FW interfaces work flawlessly. I regularly do 16 channel remote recording with the MOTU's and Reaper, in fact, I've done more recording that way than here at the studio in the last year.
 
I am very much a Mac guy, the studio computer is a G5, but my Thinkpads have definitely served me well.
 
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Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:23 PM
Subject: OT? Laptops on the PC side

Okay, first off, thanks for the previous round of laptop advice.  I would love a MacBook Pro.  We'll see how that shakes out, but in the meantime, how about recommendations for a PC laptop for use with live audio and live video processing (probably not at the same time). 

What I'm specifically looking at is whether or not I can get a comparable system to the MacBooks that is as stable and useful for audio and visual apps for less cash.

Basically I'm still up in the air and trying to figure out which side I'll be coming down on (but I will be going the laptop route, a weekend of hauling gear and trying to troubleshoot the mess or wires and connections just really knocked me into the arms of the laptop (or at least the desire for one))

Thanks,

Kevin

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Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a
form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all trouble.

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