Looper's Delight Archive Top (Search)
Date Index
Thread Index
Author Index
Looper's Delight Home
Mailing List Info

[Date Prev][Date Next]   [Thread Prev][Thread Next]   [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index]

Re: Minimum spec PC for Abelton Live



Here's a good hint:
At the Live forum there is the standing thread "LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE
TEST - Results Here".
https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=111880&start=0&hilit=best+laptop+for+live

All these questions are answered there and people post the spec's of
their boxes.

Per


On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:10 AM, mark francombe
> <markfrancombe@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I guerss Im talking memory AND CPU?
>
>
> Why needing to know the "Minimum Spec PC"? Are you planning to by a
> ten year old lappy? :-))  Just make sure its graphic memory isn't
> shared with the system and any new dirt cheap win-lappy will work
> great with live. The latest Live version (upgrade last week) supports
> running the system at 64 bit and the good thing with that is that more
> than 4 GB RAM can be used. So you might as well look for a cheap
> corporate deal on a laptop that ships with 8 or more GB RAM.
>
> I'm receiving mails every week from Dell and everyone else that offers
> me a cheap deal through my company... must be the same in Norway. Look
> for the deals labeld "powerful media laptop", "presentation media
> workhorse" or similar, but try to avoid deals on laptops that come
> with pre installed stuff that is targeting "home media center" users.
> Oh, and Vista is a no-no ;-))
>
>> When it says i3 or i5 or i7... is i3 good enough?
>
> i7 does better in tests with typical music applications.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.perboysen.com
> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen