I look at it like this: I'm currently running an extra old IBM Thinkpad 570. It's a P2-300MHz machine with 192MB RAM in it. I run XP Pro on it with FL Studio 7 and Cubase VST 5.1. I don't use any other plugins other than what shipped with either app save EVP73 and ESXP24. In conjunction with the Korg nanoKEY, it's a good idea pad for when I'm at work. I also use it on the bus to watch flicks and surf the web via wireless card.
I'm looking at replacing it with an Acer Aspire ONE 10.1 netbook (1GB RAM, XP Home, 160GB HD) . With this, I'll be able to run a few decent VST's and some better fx and won't have to resize all of my videos in order for them to run. I've already heard some positive stuff about the Aspire ONE with regard to running audio apps. -----Original Message----- From: Arturo Lopez [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:01 AM To: Three-One-Three Subject: (313) Netbooks; worth it for music applications? Was wondering if anyone out there had any experience running any music applications on a netbook? Seems like it might be a nice/cheap solution for running ableton/serato/whatever and quite a bit more portable than a larger laptop. Concerned a bit weather a $250 netbook has a beefy enough processor to handle these apps, but then again people were running those apps on slower laptops 3 or 4 years ago. Hmm. I'd imagine you'd have to buy an external soundcard though. Thoughts? -Arturo
