Hi there folks
just need an answer here, would you believe no luck with any KVR/Google searches on this....
I have specced up a nice laptop - a Dell XPS. Identical [almost] to the Macbook Pro I was gonna drop £800 more on...
2.5GHz C2D 6MB L2/ Santa Rosa 800Mhz FSB
4GB DDR2 667Mhz
15.4" 1440x900 screen [CCFL, not LED]
Nvidia 8600m GT 256MB DDR3
320GB HDD/ 5400rpm
Bear in mind my usage will be heavily Word, Powerpoint, Photoshop Lightroom, CaptureNX, and Games such as HL2 and Portal aswell as Tracktion/VSTi's [FM8, Atmosphere, Stylus RMX and V-station, no incoming audio]
Now, the onboard soundcard is a SigmaTel, which ain't so great, but I have two questions regards this laptop:
1. Will Asio4all turn this card into a competent runner for my synths [simple setup - USB controller, 2-4 tracks at most?]
2. If not, will a cheaper USB audio interface turn this into a decent-enough music scratchpad?
I know it has Vista, and I also own a Mac, so don't need advice on OSX - I know coreaudio is better, but £800 better? Remember I'm running no mac-specific programs thus far - both are dual-platform. I'd also have to pay for an OEM copy of XP to run bootcamp...
Advice much appreciated, thanks! I've posted this across on a music production forum, too - if I get a definitive answer in either, I'll let the other forum know to spread information to others interested in this..
Dan
just need an answer here, would you believe no luck with any KVR/Google searches on this....
I have specced up a nice laptop - a Dell XPS. Identical [almost] to the Macbook Pro I was gonna drop £800 more on...
2.5GHz C2D 6MB L2/ Santa Rosa 800Mhz FSB
4GB DDR2 667Mhz
15.4" 1440x900 screen [CCFL, not LED]
Nvidia 8600m GT 256MB DDR3
320GB HDD/ 5400rpm
Bear in mind my usage will be heavily Word, Powerpoint, Photoshop Lightroom, CaptureNX, and Games such as HL2 and Portal aswell as Tracktion/VSTi's [FM8, Atmosphere, Stylus RMX and V-station, no incoming audio]
Now, the onboard soundcard is a SigmaTel, which ain't so great, but I have two questions regards this laptop:
1. Will Asio4all turn this card into a competent runner for my synths [simple setup - USB controller, 2-4 tracks at most?]
2. If not, will a cheaper USB audio interface turn this into a decent-enough music scratchpad?
I know it has Vista, and I also own a Mac, so don't need advice on OSX - I know coreaudio is better, but £800 better? Remember I'm running no mac-specific programs thus far - both are dual-platform. I'd also have to pay for an OEM copy of XP to run bootcamp...
Advice much appreciated, thanks! I've posted this across on a music production forum, too - if I get a definitive answer in either, I'll let the other forum know to spread information to others interested in this..
Dan