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Hm, that's not far off from what a prebuilt machine with those specs would cost me and that's not even thinking about the cost of buying Windows if you build it yourself. I checked out that company... confusing. They have so many types... I'd want one that could be installed over my 22" Samsung LCD. On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM, FRO DIDDLY<parispro00@hotmail.com> wrote: > good luck man! > > i built a dual core 2.6 w/ 4 gig ram 128 mb video- TI instrument firewire > card -200gig HD - for $500- newegg and ebay > > whatever route you go, definitly get a TI firewire card (if u use >firewire), > it makes all the difference in the world- > > please understand that micro atx is a form factor for CPU cases and has > nothign to do with the touch screen- > > the best touchscreen company is elo (elotouch.com)- > > i believe they make a product that you can install over any monitor to > convert it to touch, but i bought an open frame model that includes the >lcd > monitor and the touchscreen off ebay- > > goodluck > fro > > > > > > > >> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:40:07 -0700 >> Subject: Re: notebook non-recommendation for audio applications >> From: zerocrossing@gmail.com >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> >> I think I'm about to ditch the laptop as well. The older I get the >> less I care about leaving the house for gigs and frankly at this point >> who am I kidding? The laptop I bought for gigging or occasional >> visits to friends for a jam has left my home a total zero times. >> >> Now my general use/surfing laptop is DEAD. I'm thinking that rather >> than replace it the money would be better spent on replacing my music >> laptop with a desktop and relegating the old music laptop for general >> use. >> >> I'm just thinking of getting the best HP desktop I can afford (which >> is probably only around $600) as a bunch of my friends basically said, >> "10 years ago build saved you money and hassle. Now it just buys you >> pain." This is a guy who's a high level IT guy too. >> >> But your touchscreen micro axt... that sounds juicy. Can you tell >> more about it? I can't seem to find much info on DYI touch screens >> and from what I can tell getting the HP with it built in doubles the >> price. >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:14 AM, FRO DIDDLY<parispro00@hotmail.com> >wrote: >> > not sure how late i am, but in concerns to the acer laptops, i called >> > about >> > 6 months ago and they did not use TI chipsets in any computers >anymore- >> > >> > in my adventure to find a perfect laptop, i bought 2 dells and >returned >> > them >> > both - for what its worth the business class model performed much >better >> > than the consumer lvl garbage... >> > >> > i ended up wth a macbook pro running bootcamp.... which worked well >> > since >> > mobius is a very resource friendly program- >> > but from my experience, running windows progrms in bootcamp is >noticably >> > slower than an equivenlent machine running windows os >> > >> > i now ditched the mac and built a micro atx PC with a touchscreen >> > monitor - >> > =D....farewell laptop loopers! ;o) >> > >> > fro >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:10:35 +0100 >> >> From: akbutler@tiscali.co.uk >> >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> >> Subject: Re: notebook non-recommendation for audio applications >> >> >> >> The info appears to be in the Device Manager, >> >> on XP at least. >> >> >> >> >> >> Mark Sottilaro wrote: >> >> > But what if the manufacturer doesn't state what one they use? >> >> > Confusing... why can't we all just get along? ;) >> >> > >> >> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Rainer >> >> > Straschill<moinsound@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Has anyone had any experience with the newer Acer laptops >> >> >> A friend of mine (not audio-conscious, but IT professional and >> >> >> reseller) has them in his shortlist together with Samsung. >> >> >> >> >> >>> and I keep hearing that not all Firewire chipsets do well with >> >> >>> audio. >> >> >> It's relatively simple. There are two mass-produced IEEE1394 >> >> >> chipsets >> >> >> - by TI and Ricoh respectivle. The TI is good, the Ricoh is not. >> >> >> >> >> >> Rainer >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > Insert movie times and more without leaving HotmailŪ. See how. >> > > ________________________________ > Insert movie times and more without leaving HotmailŪ. See how.