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Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 5:19 am
by test_recordings
I bought a laptop last year because I needed my own computer, kind of regret it now because my mate assembled a supercomputer himself for the same price but I thought I would need the portability. I want to produce and don't want to buy another computer just for the sake of it so I'm going to post the specs here, please give some feedback about whether you think it'd be worth it because I'm considering actually BUYING a DAW
OS - Windows 7
CPU - Intel i7-3610QM
Memory RAM - 8GB (2x4GB)
Sound card - SRS Premium Sound HD
It's alright for documents and stuff but do you reckon it can handle a decent amount to make a track? I want to run Cubase but to honest anything might get put on because it costs a fucking bomb
Re: Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:47 am
by Chainsaw Police
Dude, you'll be fine! Those are some fine-ass specs for a laptop (which begs the question: how much
did it cost?
).
My scrap-up desktop has less power and runs a pretty decent project in three major DAWs (Reason, Live, FL) with no worries.
Grab a DAW and get producing!
Re: Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:24 am
by test_recordings
Cool ta, I just need monitors, 2 power amps and a crossover now then!
Re: Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:25 am
by koncide
That will serve you well, the first computer I produced on was a laptop with half of the ram and an intel i5.
Re: Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:54 pm
by dickman69
definitely good enough 2 watch porn & tbh thats all any1 really needs
Re: Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:50 pm
by Artie_Fufkin
rayman612 wrote:definitely good enough 2 watch porn & tbh thats all any1 really needs
thats exactly why he wanted it for portability.
People have been making music on much slower machines so I think you'll be fine.
Re: Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:00 pm
by Crazy Dubb 7
My laptop works just great with 4GB Ram and AMD. That will serve you well {;
Re: Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:02 pm
by krispy
If you aren't having any issues then it is good enough right?
Wait until you start using up all your CPU and then start thinking about if its good enough.
Re: Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:45 am
by test_recordings
krispy wrote:If you aren't having any issues then it is good enough right?
Wait until you start using up all your CPU and then start thinking about if its good enough.
I'd rather work that out before and then resolve the issue before it even starts. My mates laptop couldn't quite handle Ableton with 12 tracks of audio and it was a Mac so I get a little worried.
Cubase specs say that's cool though so I think it'll be worth it
Re: Laptop good enough for producing on?
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:45 am
by benjam
Should be more than enough, Im on an i5 3gb ddr3 and Ive never had any problems even with the most chaotic projects