Hi all.. Joined the list about a couple of months ago.. Not really posted anything, just lurking, until this came along..
I got a Centrino laptop purely for music production since 2 weeks now. So far I am very pleased with it.. However, since I am pretty new to music production, I feel not really confident to give you any advice. I do have not enough experience and cannot make any relevant comparisons. But if you have any specific questions feel free to fire away.. :-) As for the P4 versus Centrino comparison. I agree with Chris that in terms of raw processing power a Centrino processor cannot beat a P4. However, when taking other factors like battery life and noise level in account, Centrino processors start to look a lot more interesting.. I read on some other music forum that P4 laptops (a.k.a. desktop replacements) get hot quickly and use pretty noisy fans.. Here are the specs of my DAW laptop: Toshiba Sattelite Pro M10, 1.7 GHz Intel Centrino, 1 GB internal memory, 60 Gb HDD, 32Mb NVida Dual head graphics card, 15.4" screen (maximum resolution 1,600 x 1,200) .. Regards, Rob. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Chris Tracy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: dinsdag 13 januari 2004 17:45 Aan: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Onderwerp: [dnb-prod] Re: centrino processor? > Does anyone use a centrino laptop for production? I'm lookin to buy a > laptop mainly for final scratch, but would like to eventually use it for > production as well. At the moment, I would probably stay away from these power-saving processors. If I'm buying a new laptop, I always choose the fastest processor at the expense of battery power... You can always conserve power on a fast machine... Linux *will* work on the Centrino processor, but I would still prefer to have the full power of a p4. I've never tried running the FS on a Centrino laptop, but it'll probably work. You might want to check stanton's website. My laptop of choice right now is a pimped-out Thinkpad T30 -- p4 2.4GHz and 1GB of RAM. It has a nice display (1400x1050) and it's rock-solid. I accidentally dropped it about 3' onto CONCRETE in the RAIN and it's still kicking major ass... -Chris > > a. > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________________________ This outbound message from KPN has been checked for all known viruses by KPN MailScan (IV-Scan), powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit: http://www.veiliginternet.nl ______________________________________________________________________________________ --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
