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Old 05-09-2004, 11:55 PM
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Default What spec notebook do you recommend for mbox?
How fast a CPU in mh do I need for a good recording?
Would 256 memory do, or should I get double that?
What are you all using for getting good quality out of mbox and a notebook?
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Old 05-10-2004, 12:19 AM
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Default Re: What spec notebook do you recommend for mbox?
The "Best Laptops for PTLE" thread perminantly at the top of this forum, will cover all of your questions, and more.

You need more ram than 256meg
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Old 05-10-2004, 02:37 AM
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One suggestion, I am running an MBox on an HP/Compaq Tablet Laptop, which was having a lot of performance problems until I added a Lacie external d2 firewire drive - runs like a dream now. Even if you get a laptop with a fast disk, an external drive would still be useful for moving sessions around.

One other thing; if you do use an external drive forget USB2, as it clashes with the MBox.

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Old 05-10-2004, 04:57 AM
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One other thing; if you do use an external drive forget USB2, as it clashes with the MBox.
This is system dependent and not universal. I use a Maxtor combo FW/USB2 in USB2 with both an 002R and an mbox with no issues. Soem USB busses will be downgraded to USB1.1 if you have a USB 1.1 peripheral plugged in which will kill you HD. But this is less common.

The safe route is always a combo FW/USB2 because there are also problems with the 002 sharing the FW bus with a drive.
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Old 05-10-2004, 07:58 AM
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and I have no problems running from the slow internal drive.
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and I have no problems running from the slow internal drive.

as your session builds, you will.
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Old 05-10-2004, 09:37 AM
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I have a compaq presario 2100 completely stock except for 704 MB of ram, it runs very good.
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Old 05-11-2004, 06:22 PM
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and I have no problems running from the slow internal drive.
Can you please be more specific? What CPU, Brand, OS are you using?
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