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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: pwnasaurus]
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Well, I bought the laptop today. I read quite a few places that the new Lenovo Thinkpad models have gone down in quality compared to the ones a few years ago.

I ended up getting an HP Envy 15





Here's the specs on the one I got:

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM (2.2 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz
• 1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7690M GDDR5 Discrete Graphics(TM) [HDMI, DP]
• 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
• 15.6-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1366x768)
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Acaterpillar]
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slick looking thang, may it serve you well :awesome:
how much did that end up running you?


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Acaterpillar]
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HP?  :sad:  not the most stable things. but it will work around the home.


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Psy Baba]
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I would say the same of Asus :tongue:


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Psy Baba]
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DuNeRaVeR said:
HP?  :sad:  not the most stable things. but it will work around the home.


That was my initial thought as well, but reading into the Envy series, it looks like they've got an improved build quality.

I chose it over Lenovo for build.


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: twighead]
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twighead said:
I would say the same of Asus :tongue:


Really? hmm, I mean it is mostly subjective.  Alas, I and my co-partner run asus and have never ran into an issue we could not fix, have never had a glitch doing live gigs, and take both our's into the forest to play shows.

:shrug:  Maybe I have just run into shitty Hp's  but I have not enjoyed the ones I have used.


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Acaterpillar]
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Acaterpillar said:
DuNeRaVeR said:
HP?  :sad:  not the most stable things. but it will work around the home.


That was my initial thought as well, but reading into the Envy series, it looks like they've got an improved build quality.

I chose it over Lenovo for build.


Well, I am glad you got something for an upgrade! start pumping out tunes.  :vaped:


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Psy Baba]
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And perhaps it is the same for me and asus, I own one personally and its been the most troubled laptops I've ever used for music production :tongue: (battery failures, random driver crashes...) my HP is my most stable computer :shrug:

But as you say such things are often on a case by case basis.


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Psy Baba]
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The main selling point for me was:
"HP has taken special care in the design of the system to shield the audio codec
from interference, while providing especially clean (and higher-power) audio output
to the headphone jack"

With the improved audio driver, I won't have to bring a portable usb soundcard with me, so it'll be a lot more convenient to produce on the go.


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Acaterpillar]
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Acaterpillar said:
The main selling point for me was:
"HP has taken special care in the design of the system to shield the audio codec
from interference, while providing especially clean (and higher-power) audio output
to the headphone jack"

With the improved audio driver, I won't have to bring a portable usb soundcard with me, so it'll be a lot more convenient to produce on the go.




oooOOOooo that is nice.


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Psy Baba]
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DuNeRaVeR said:
Well, I am glad you got something for an upgrade! start pumping out tunes.  :vaped:


Thanks!

I can't wait for it to get here. The current desktop I use for producing is terribly old and I'm in desperate need of something new.


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Acaterpillar]
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That's good to hear.. I've had a fair bit of trouble with noise seeping into my audio outputs on windows systems.


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: twighead]
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twighead said:
slick looking thang, may it serve you well :awesome:
how much did that end up running you?


I was trying to get something for a grand or less, but it ended up being 1400 with tax and all.


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Re: Buying a laptop for heavy processing. [Re: Acaterpillar]
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Toshiba

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