Pro Tools on Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop?

[lambono]

Hi,
I really hope someone can help me with this...

I would like to know if protools m-powered will work on the following laptop...?

Dell Inspiron 15
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T4200 (2.0GHz, 800MHz, 1MB cache)
Intel® Cantiga GM45 Chipset
Windows Vista® Home Basic SP1 32-Bit
2048MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM

Thank you very much for your help.

I have spent hours searching through forums and the pro tools website but it is quite hard to get a clear answer.

Regards,
Conor

[TOM@METRO]

Start here and post a Sandra report;

http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread.php?t=193637

http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread.php?t=133039

[lambono]

Hi Tom,
Thanks very much for your reply.

This is a laptop I am considering buying... therefor I can not provide a Sandra report.

Any pro tools users have experience with this laptop?

Thanks,
Conor

[Fridbin]

Hi Conor,

Did you get the Dell? If so did it work? I'm looking at the same or similar laptop for my M Box 2. Please let me know. Like you I've spent ages researching, but can't get a clear answer.

Thanks,

Fridbin.

[TOM@METRO]

Dells have been a little sketchy with Pro Tools mostly because of firewire compatibility. Some users are fine with them… Other are hating life.
I’m not sure there is a good clean answer for you.

[Fridbin]

Thanks Tom

Re. the Firewire issue , is there something in particular to look out for/avoid?

Fridbin

[mbeaud]

Digidesign recommend Texas Instrument chipset.
Also, from what I have experienced, onboard firewire controllers have many quality/noise-related issues. Of course it depends of the motherboard and the components. In practice, audio interfaces are not powered by 4-pin firewire connectors so it reduce "internal noise issues related to IRQ channels".

[TOM@METRO]

What he said, The TI chipset and the F/W drive should have the Oxford 911 or better bridge.

[hjorte]

Originally Posted by lambono

Dell Inspiron 15
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T4200 (2.0GHz, 800MHz, 1MB cache)
Intel® Cantiga GM45 Chipset

This laptop will probably have a Ricoh firewire controller. Used to be a bad thing, but I am using a Dell laptop with a Ricoh controller right now and I have no problems in this regard. I am using PT8 with the M-Audio 1814 Firewire audio interface.