If You Were Buying A Notebook Now What Would It Be?

[NER]

I have a macbook pro right now, which has worked well for me. But I think right for the money a used g4 mac powerbook (13 inch preferably) or one of those lenovo thinkpads are really solid choices. Super reliability is definitely something you want in a notebook.

[Kameleontti]

My old 3ghz p4 runs renoise nearly 2x as fast as macbook 2,4ghz c2d. How’s that possible?
e: Must be the drivers? I’m asing here cuz I thought this might seed some info about laptops in general, but if it’s a driver issue then nevermind…

[vadarfone]

Don’t get a Vaio.

I don’t know a single Vaio user who is happy. Sony suck fuck as far as I am concerned.

Seriously, if you are looking for XP, get a Thinkpad.

The extra expense will be work it.

If you DON’T opt for a Thinkpad, you will be in lardy-plastic slab flabtop land for the forseeable future.

Thinkpads are used in space…

[Maskin]

I own a MacBook Pro now and I will always own one (or two) in the future. Solid machine, never lets me down.

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@keith303

just recently i bought my first laptop.
it will of course never replace my desktop (at least not in the near future), but planning to play live on here and there, you can’t deny its use.

i did a lot of research on the net, because i’m pretty picky when it comes to hardware and wanted to make sure, i get the best “bang for the buck”, without compromising build-quality.

so i ended up with a DELL XPS M1530, and for 999 EUR, i’m really surprised of its high quality.
the XPS series (as all other DELL models, too) can be customized during the online order, when it comes to certain hardware components, like CPU, RAM, HD, GFX-Card, etc.

my XPS has the following configuration:
WXGA+ Display 1440x900 (15,4"),
Intel C2D T9300 (2x2.5Ghz, Penryn),
8600M GT 256MB DDR3, 9-Cell Li-Ion Battery,
320GB HD, 4GB DDR2-5300.
it also features the standard wifi, bluetooth, etc stuff plus a HDMI port, which can also be used for digital audio and dolby digital / dts.
even though i don’t know what kind of desktop you got, i’m quite positive my notebook will kick your desktop’s ass, when it comes to raw CPU performance.

it’s really more than enough for the average and even more demanding renoise user.
and up to 6hrs of battery runtime under minor load ain’t too bad either.

you’ll find numerous reviews for that laptop googlin’ the net, here’s one of’em.

Same as Keith303 here, I also did my research and came to the same conclusion. 2.5Ghz penryn dual-core with 6mb cache, 4 GB, XP3 1530, except I went for 1680x1050 and a 200GB 7200 speed drive.

Beautiful laptop. Running ASIO 4 all. My only complaint it that there is a lot of self noise from the chipset. I have not got an external soundcard yet, but I can run it for a few hours easy on the 9 cell bat on high performance… which results in zero self noise.

Whoever said a laptop was unsuitable needs to get their fact right. Don’t think I have had a Renoise tune I have downloaded go beyond 15% CPU.

I was going to go for a Alienware, in fact I’d set my heart on one, then I came to my senses. I mean just check how much they charge for 4 GB, it’s £££ extra on top of 2 GB. Paying for a boutique brand I’m afraid there.

@keith303

dont forget the important thing, a laptop/notebook won’t be fast enough for renoise I’m affraid.

Just to make myself clear… the above comment is absolute rubbish.

Seriously!

[elfh]

i’ll not praise thinkpad as much as i did, before owning one. of course it is good and maybe better, than a lot of other brands, but using it i experienced a broken display, dvd drive and a power supply. luckily, it all happened in a warranty period and was replaced fast. anyway, i still like this machine, it is working almost 24 hours a day, because i don’t have a desktop.

[metalzone2000 (Mundain Monstre)]

One of those new tiny Toshiba Satellites. Great for Renoise on the go.

Either that or an old G4 Macbook or a IBM P4.