[therealanax]

Originally Posted by Chief Technician

I would suggest getting some money to upgrade to Pro Tools v10 now, which will let you upgrade to v11 for free when it ships. This greatly expands your options in terms of a laptop.

If you are going to stick with Pro Tools 8.0.3 LE, then you want a laptop that was released before September of 2009, as you will get the best performance with Pro Tools 8.0.3 LE on Mac OS X Leopard (v10.5).

http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...acbookpro.html

You want a MacBookPro5,2 or earlier. Check AVID's list of qualified Macintosh computers for Pro Tools 8 to verify that you are buying a laptop that will work as expected.

Thank you!