I am planning to buy a new laptop (in December) for music production (Studio One Pro DAW). It needs to be a Windows 10 laptop and I will use it with a large external monitor. My music production needs and my technical expertise are very modest (mostly creating background tracks of cover tunes for my solo live performances).
I was initially planning to buy the latest Dell XPS 15 (i7-9750H processor, 32GB DDR4-2666MHz, 1 TB SSD). But then I was told by a number of music production folks on another forum (not Home Recording) that there are significant “DPC latency” issues with it and that the Lenovo ThinkPad P52 (i7, P1000, FHD) is the one to get. So I planned to buy that one instead, then found out the P52 is no longer being made (or sold directly by Lenovo) and has been replaced with their new and “improved” P53. So I planned to buy the P53, but no. I then found out from other folks at the same forum that the new P53 is reported to have those darn DPC latency issues. Now I don’t know what to do.
I do not have the time, patience, expertise and budget to build a laptop from scratch. I am a hobbyist. So I am limited to a stock laptop that I can customize during the purchase process online.
Any suggestions? Does anyone use a stock Windows 10 laptop for music production that does not have these DPC latency (or other) issues? Can the exact same model still be purchased today because apparently, as I just found out, newer laptops can be more problematic than the older models they replace.
Thanks!
I was initially planning to buy the latest Dell XPS 15 (i7-9750H processor, 32GB DDR4-2666MHz, 1 TB SSD). But then I was told by a number of music production folks on another forum (not Home Recording) that there are significant “DPC latency” issues with it and that the Lenovo ThinkPad P52 (i7, P1000, FHD) is the one to get. So I planned to buy that one instead, then found out the P52 is no longer being made (or sold directly by Lenovo) and has been replaced with their new and “improved” P53. So I planned to buy the P53, but no. I then found out from other folks at the same forum that the new P53 is reported to have those darn DPC latency issues. Now I don’t know what to do.
I do not have the time, patience, expertise and budget to build a laptop from scratch. I am a hobbyist. So I am limited to a stock laptop that I can customize during the purchase process online.
Any suggestions? Does anyone use a stock Windows 10 laptop for music production that does not have these DPC latency (or other) issues? Can the exact same model still be purchased today because apparently, as I just found out, newer laptops can be more problematic than the older models they replace.
Thanks!