Best Laptops for Pro Tools LE

[Rock_Artist]

Yep, you're right my math sucks...
The tracks x inserts is the accurate d-verb number.
80...

about the timing I've verified the timing and it's ok.

The M-Powered seems to have advantage...

But I encourage any Mbox2 & CoreDuo user once testing d-verb to "reinitialize" the Playback Engine -
CPU x2
Buffer 1024
CPU Usage: 90%

to be surprised. PT should give extra power as weird as it goes.

though 80 d-verbs isn't 130 but still 20-30 more d-verbs ARE something...

[Shan]

But I encourage any Mbox2 & CoreDuo user once testing d-verb to "reinitialize" the Playback Engine -
CPU x2
Buffer 1024
CPU Usage: 90%

to be surprised. PT should give extra power as weird as it goes.

I've actually noticed this behavior way back to the 5.X days. Selecting the lowest buffer and then 1024 seems to 'clear' this.

though 80 d-verbs isn't 130 but still 20-30 more d-verbs ARE something...

Nonetheless, still very impressive for a laptop.

Shane

[Allen Hallada]

So what was the conclusion here on RAs initial M-Powered results:

Test A:
Pro Tools M-POWERED 7.1 (no cs applied)
Interface: M-AUDIO FastTrack USB.

http://files.takeshifters.com/dverb/...5DVerbMono.PNG

RESULTS: 32 Tracks armed and recorded for over a minute.
30x5 D-Verb mono inserts. Total: 150 D-Verbs

Won't be the first time we've had to Debunke a Mac!!! LOL

Allen

[Rock_Artist]

Another perfromance killer on XP was the Aheros (Airport) Wifi.

Disabling it under XP fix most Buffer under-runs...

[Allen Hallada]

RA,
Give us the update here on that first test result using M-Powered. Is this legit or not? If so give us a screen shot showing the total plugins of 150.

Also how is your M-Powered experience so far with the M-Audio interface? Just ordered the Black Box for my nephew's birthday.

Peace out and thanks for keeping us up to date here.
Allen

[phobia]

RA,
Give us the update here on that first test result using M-Powered. Is this legit or not? If so give us a screen shot showing the total plugins of 150.

Also how is your M-Powered experience so far with the M-Audio interface? Just ordered the Black Box for my nephew's birthday.

Peace out and thanks for keeping us up to date here.
Allen

Yes RA - please

Cheers,
// J

[headfish4]

I recently bought an HP Pavilion dv8000 series laptop and was wondering if anyone out there could tell me if its compatible with pro tools LE and the M-box 2.

AMD turion64 mobile 2.0 ghz
1gb ddr ram
17" widescreen
ATI radeon 200m with 128mb DDR (dedicated)
windows XP home edition SP2

[True4]

Hey,

i've mBox and I want to buy
- ThinkPad R50e 1834-U2G (Lenovo)
- Pentium-M 735 1.70GHz
- 60GB Festplatte
- Intel Extreme Graphics 2 DVMT onboard Grafik

is this O.K. for mBox?

Thanx
True4

[JayRock]

I am having massive problems with my 9400... as soon as one goes away, another appears. I have done every tweak known to man, and still nothing.

Right now, It can't even get past "launching DAE", yet at times I have had it running pretty good.

Is there anyone left on here that has had luck with this laptop?? Are there any not so obvious conflicts going on that are outside of the standard performance tweaks? It seems that anyone who has got them up and running have been plagued by problems, and then just got lucky with it starting to work.

I am really regretting this purchase now, and hope Dell doesn't ding me for any restocking fees when it goes back next week. I thought I did my research on this one! I've already paid for a macbook pro with my time wasted.

System is dual 2 gig, 2gb ram, oxford firewire drive, ATI graphics, etc. XP Pro, Clean clean clean, everything turned off that should be.

Any suggestions are appreciated

[JRO]

So many mixed reviews on the E1705...

Chadly & Jej: What's the news with the E1705?? Should I get it??

Here are the specs of what I'm about to buy:

Inspiron E1705 Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2400 (1.83GHz/667MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Video Card 256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory
Hard Drive 100GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
Combo/DVD+RW Drives 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Sound Options Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition
Wireless Networking Cards Intel® PRO 3945 and Dell 350 Bluetooth Internal Wireless Cards