[LAU] Cheap Daws (especially laptops)

porl sheean porl42 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 21:02:06 EDT 2008


any ideas where we could find information showing which laptops *are*
suitable? i'm not a fan of apple, but a lot of people seem to use their
hardware for audio work, so i assume they are ok for it, but what about
others? i'd prefer not to get a mac when i finally save up for one.

porl

On 11/03/2008, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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