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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>the only issue you might run into on a laptop, is
processor capability.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Mobile processors, even with similar documented
specs as a desktop, just don't typically have the same balls as a desktop
CPU.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You begin to notice when you start stacking or
using multiple effects in real time for multiple tracks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I've been mixing 4 track projects lately, and even
on the dell desktop running a 2.8GHZ processer and 1GHZ of ram under xp, after 3
VST effects on each track, and one on the master, things begin to get a bit
bogged down.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>On the acer netbook, running xp, a 1.6GHZ processor
and 1GHZ of ram, I can max out at two per track before it slows, and at 3 vst fx
on each track, it'll often just freeze...i've lost a couple projects that
way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't think it's as much about the sound card as
it is about the processor and particular design of the other components in the
laptop.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I think most serious users of audio for in and out
and mixing and editing will use an external I/O box at the minimum when using a
lap top. This frees up some of the processor to work with
reaper.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Colin</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 02, 2011 2:32
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [RWP] are these laptops good
enough for heavy audio work?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>hi all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>any experience using laptops by LG , hp , and
Toshiba (pros , cons, etc) when it comes to demanding audio/virtual
instruments use?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>thanks a bunch for any input on
this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Roy.</FONT></DIV>
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