[LAU] Cheap Daws (especially laptops)

[Lee Revell]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Bill White <bill.white at griggsinst.com> wrote:
>  carmen wrote:
>  |
>  | well if saving money is what youre after, you can do what they do and buy the
>  chasiss from ASUS, Clevo, MSI, and throw in parts from newegg..
>  |
>  | they are designed to be assembled by humans after all
>
>  So, this is very interesting.  I know how to assemble a desktop
>  computer from newegg parts, but I would not have thought that a
>  notebook computer would be possible.  Do you have a link to some
>  websites that would give instructions or clues?

Be careful; lots of laptop chipsets are unusable for low latency work
due to excessive use of SMM traps for things like power management.
The typical symptom is xruns at regular intervals, when querying
battery status, when plugging or unplugging AC power cord, etc.

Presumably the hardware on the ADK site has been verified free of SMM
problems, singing capacitors, poor shielding, and all the other common
issues that make many laptops unusable for pro audio.

Lee