Awesome. Thanks for the continual support and information. Right now I'm looking at this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220349 For a modest $849.99
The cool part is that it has an eSATA port so that I can connect an uber second storage device instead of replacing the internal hard drive. That is what is recommended, right? Working off of a fast access drive for audio recording? Here are the relevant stats: Brand: ASUS Series: M51 Series Model: M51TA-X2 CPU Type: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2G Screen: 15.4" WXGA+ Memory Size: 4GB DDR2 Hard Disk : 250GB Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 Video Memory: 512MB CPU Type: AMD Turion X2 Ultra CPU Speed: ZM-82(2.20GHz) CPU L2 Cache: 2MB USB: 4 IEEE 1394: 1 1 x E-SATA 1 x Headphone-out jack (S/PDIF) Audio: Integrated Sound card # Wont be using it!!! Speaker: Internal Speakers # Ewww, uh no. See above. Battery: 6-cell lithium ion What do you guys think? On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Karoliina Salminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I agree. The premium payed for Macs is not reflected in the actual >> hardware used. I just priced out a loaded Dell Latitude E6400, which >> fully loaded is the same price as the starter Macbook. The Dell is >> using a better CPU, double the RAM, a fast hard drive (7200 RPM laptop >> drive) etc. It just doesn't make sense unless you actually care about >> the solid aluminum body :) > > I have 7200 rpm laptop drive on my older Macbook and I upgraded the > RAM to 4GB using cheap Mac compatible RAMs (other than sold by Apple) > and the setup works fine. > > And I do care about the solid aluminium body. The older model did not > have that, but even with that I have been pretty happy. The build > quality is excellent. I have used Dells for couple of years and I can > not say the same for their build quality, they are cheap crap where > the Mac is a solid product. If you want cheap, then go for Dell, if > you want good quality, awesome design / styling etc. get a Mac. If > you don't care about style and having the nice beautiful product > doesn't make you feel like Christmas each time you look and touch it, > then just forget about it, get something cheap that will do the task > and buy a new when it breaks. In my case, it is not that simple as > that. After tens of years of plastic boxes, I got really bored to the > cheap plastics that break because their build quality is so awful (one > old Dell we have is no longer usable because the plastic chassis is > not rigid enough to not cause disconnects etc. inside if moved at all) > and I buy now only good quality hardware which looks & feels really > nice and Macs meet that criteria, I am no longer just looking at the > price-raw-performance ratio. It is a personal choice. > > I don't personally need the firewire (and I kind of feel it is a bit > overrated), because I am using the internal sound card and for all > MIDI etc. connectivity USB is just fine. At home I am using the iMac > for music. I don't have audio interface on it either, I figured that > after all, I may not need one, the internal sound is good enough. I > have a mixer connected to the line input. Works for me since I am > doing electronic music and only recording one synthesizer (when using > the external hardware synths) at a time (because I don't have anybody > else but me playing). I have a 8 in / 8 out audio interface on the > custom desktop PC (which is running Ubuntu Studio), its internal audio > hardware is unusable for music (unlike on Mac). > > Best Regards, > Karoliina > ( http://karoliinamusic.blogspot.com ) > (Typing this from non-studio-Ubuntu Intrepid running on Thinkpad T61p > (which is okay for a PC, but not as nice as my Macs are, and came with > unnecessary Windows-license (never booted it to Windows before > installing the Ubuntu))) > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
