Re: lap Top Recommendations


DeeAa wrote:
> as of now I've come up with a few requirements/ideas of my own.
>
> 1. No need for a huge fast, internal drive - 2,5"'s seldom are and cost a
> lot - better get a couple of Firewire and USB2 external disks, much faster.
> 2. Same with the DVD burners, slow and costly - also better get external
> disks.
> 3. Need to be able to use an external monitor easily
> 4. Needs a WiFi card so I can hook all the machines together with minimum
> hassle.
> 5. Needs a good Firewire audio card.
> 6. Needs a minimum or 1G, rather 2G of memory.

So with all that external stuff, who needs a laptop?

> I'm thinking, I can take the laptop with me easily - to record I would only
> need the external drive and soundcard

That's a computer, an interface, the cable between the interface and
the computer, the disk drive, the cable between the disk drive and the
computer, and two power suppies. And it's going to be pretty heavy
and noisy laptop with all that memory and CPU power. It might seem
simple to you but it sure sounds like a lot of things to go wrong to
me.

> Also whenever I need to upgrade, it's easy since I'd only upgrade the laptop
> itself.

Good one, there! But you have a good point. With external disk drives
and Firewire interface adapter, it probably doesn't really matter what
laptop you have. Until you start having IRQ conflicts between the
PCMCIA slot and the video or networking.

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