Will Pro Tools 8 m-powered work on my laptop?

[jjk]

Hey, been researching pro tools for a while and the general opinion is it's great! The only issue is it doesn't seem to work on all systems. So what I want to know is will it work on my laptop (see sig). I don't really know anything about computers (as you'll no doubt see form the sig) so sorry if i've missed anything important! I just included everything I know really.

I use my laptop for word processing, music, internet and instant messaging, I don't know if this is important or not but I guess I just want to know if I'll be able to do all this plus Pro tools or is PT so powerful that it would need to have a laptop dedicated to it and it alone?

Thanks for any help you can give.

[jjk]

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[jjk]

Any takers? Help would be much appreciated as it's a lot of money to be paying if it's not going to work

[scenicrecords]

You are not giving us a lot of information. That may be why people are not responding. Please read the Sticky's at the top of the forum. Post a Sandra report.

[jjk]

SiSoftware Sandra

Computer
Model : HP HP G61 Notebook PC
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : John-PC
User : John

Processor
Model : Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4300 @ 2.10GHz
Speed : 2GHz
Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Mobile, Dual-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 2x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 1MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 4-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing

Computer
Platform Compliance : Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
Mainboard : Quanta 3069
BIOS : HP F.14 09/22/2009
Bus(es) : PCI PCIe IMB USB i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 4GB DDR2 SO-DIMM

Chipset
Model : HP GM45/PM45 Mobile Controller Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz)
Total Memory : 4GB DDR2 SO-DIMM
Shared Memory : 64MB
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 333MHz (666MHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Kingston 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (5-6-6-18 3-24-6-3)
Memory Module : Kingston 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (5-6-6-18 3-24-6-3)

Video System
Video Adapter : Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family (10 SM4.0, 64MB DDR2, Integrated Graphics)

Graphics Processor

Storage Devices
WDC WD3200BEVT-60ZCT1 (320GB, SATA300, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 298GB (C:) (D:)
hp DVDRAM GT20L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 1MB Cache) : N/A (E:)

Logical Storage Devices
SYSTEM : 199MB (NTFS)
Hard Disk (C:) : 285GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD3200BEVT-60ZCT1 (320GB, SATA300, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
RECOVERY (D:) : 13GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD3200BEVT-60ZCT1 (320GB, SATA300, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
Optical Drive (E:) : N/A @ hp DVDRAM GT20L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 1MB Cache)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : HP (ICH9M) LPC Interface Controller
Audio Device : HP (ICH9) HD Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Integrated Device Tech 7608h
Disk Controller : HP (ICH9) Mobile SATA AHCI Controller
USB Controller 1 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 3 : HP (ICH9) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller 4 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 5 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 6 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 7 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 8 : HP (ICH9) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
Wireless Adapter 1 : Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (802.11g (ERP), TKIP, 54Mbps)

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line
Battery No 1 : 100%

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Home 6.01.7600
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 3.3

[jjk]

There that's the report there (sorry, I didn't read that thread first!) I have to admit I don't know what a lot of that stuff means! So if anyone gives advice, bear in mind I'm a computer noob.

Cheers.

[scenicrecords]

Your PC looks like it has the power, but with the Integrated Graphics, you may have trouble. Integrated Graphics are not recommended with Pro Tools. Also, there are many variables when setting up a Pro Tools system. A qualified external FW Hard drive is required connected via a fire wire card that has a Texas Instruments Chipset. You will also need a qualified M-Audio interface. There are USB and FW. If you go FW with a laptop, you should connect your FW interface to your onboard FW port on the laptop, if you have one, and the HD to the FW Card.

See what I wrote in this thread for some details:
http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread.php?t=274813

Not to scare you away, but - Pro Tools is not for the technically faint of heart. It has many variables that need to be worked out, and will require technical knowledge of computers and DAW software. I recommend reading over all the requirements and necessary components of Pro Tools on Avid's website.

[jjk]

OK, my laptop has no firewire ports, so how would I go about putting in a firewire card as you suggested? Someone once told me the Mbox 2 had a built in firewire card but is that true?

[10willy]

Yes, I am currently using an hp notebook. Make sure you have at least 2 GB of ram.

[browniespeaks]

the mbox2 is a USB device.
That asside

You can use an SD card as your write drive... while they are not supported it works better for me in a pinch than a USB drive.

Were i you, I would get a PCMCIA firewire card http://www.computercablesource.com/p...pset-1689.html (you don't need to get it from these guys but do make sure it has a TI chipset.)

Then you could get yourself a 1TB 7200 RPM firewire hard drive
and you will be able to get yourself a firewire OR USB interface. pick the one that fits your needs.

PLEASE NOTE THE MBOX2 DOES NOT WORK WITH PROTOOLS MPOWERED it will come with ProTools LE (if you choose to go that rout)

I think you will be fine with your integrated graphics given that you are well over the 32bit memory limit and windows does not see all your RAM anyway.