Laptop Question

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i'm getting a lap top. costco has one on sale at the beginning of next month.

thye dont give a model # in the ad, but here are the specs

hp 17" widescreen notebook
core 2 due t7250
320 gb
3 gb ram

firewire, all that jazz. for 1200


is that a good deal.? im pretty sure the specs are good enough but is it a good price?


oh an also..i have a mackie onyx..........the firewire on the onyx is 6 pin, but on the laptop its a 4 pin input. if i get the proper cable to fit, will it work?


thanks, you all are really sexy:)

happy new year
 
320 Hard Drive

Make sure the Hard Drive has a spin speed of 7200 RPM. For audio, the slower drives (i.e. 5400 RPM), are not advised.

Also, the Hard Drive should be SATA. Not ATA, or IDE.

I personally would not like a 17" laptop, because it is a fairly big, cumbersome pieces of equipment. They are not inconspicuous. Think twice about this.

Video card won't matter much for musicians.

Hopefully the 3 GB Ram is fast ram (i.e. 667 Mhz, or 533. Not 400 Mhz).

I just learned that your Firewire port needs to be manufactured by Texas Instruments, and nobody else. Supposedly, Firewire audio cards don't mate well with Ricoh or other vendors' chipsets for Firewire.

What program are you intending to run on this machine as your main music program?
 
i cant find the model number anywhere, i gotta go in the store to check out the more in depth specs. its not exclusively audio. i'm going to school and stuff so i need it. i also plan on installing xp...vista sucks.
 
Toddskins said:
Make sure the Hard Drive has a spin speed of 7200 RPM. For audio, the slower drives (i.e. 5400 RPM), are not advised.

Also, the Hard Drive should be SATA. Not ATA, or IDE.
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I understand your reasons for saying these points, however, I use:

Hard drives with 5400 RPM spin speed
IDE Hard Drives

I record up to 16 simultaneous tracks (48KHz, 24bit) with no problems whatsoever, and playback many more with no issues either.

What I would recommend is separate hard drives for audio and system data, but that's not always practical with a laptop. By the way, partitions of the same physical drive don't carry the benefits of separate physical drives.
 
For me, i don't like to have the most powerful computer out. You can save alot of money if you get something that is more than adiquite. Pay half as much and you can upgrade earlier. Even if the specs will let you use it for years to come, sometimes it just better to upgrade twice.

With my desktop for example, if i bought the same as what i have now, i wouldn't have saved money, be in the same place, but my desktop has a card reader, double the usb, firewire, etc, etc.

That's my oppinion. And Dell outlet has amazing deals sometimes as well if you wait.
 
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