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Re: notebook non-recommendation for audio applications



Hi Fro,
Did you build in a rack mount case?  I've thinking of building one of 
those.
Sylvain


On 6/10/09, Mark Sottilaro <zerocrossing@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >
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