Re: Minimum spec PC for Abelton Live

[mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com>]

Wow Per, Thats a great test they did...
However, (just scanning the results, pretty quick)
its SUPER inconclusive!

Many MBPs had the same specs with different results. a Big Mac Pro suffered bad results.. a simple Asus lappy did very well.. 

Very Odd!!!

So it seems that what other stuff you have going on on your computer may be rather relevant?

On the the hand, can you notice? These results are testing audio dropout, and they all passed, just with different CPU percentages... I often have to wait for the bouncy ball, or watch a blue line grow up a box... who cares.. Im not a robot, I LIKE those moments of relaxation... I even LIKE rendering on my video stuff, or building on my game stuff, as I can go out and have a cig...!



Mark

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

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

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