Laptop HDD Concerns

[Phil G]

I am currently looking at buying a laptop and M-Box. I am very new to all this and have been reading a lot about everything on these boards. The laptop i am looking at buying is 'supposedly' a specifically built laptop for audio... here is the spec:

Processor Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4 GHz [533 MHz FSB]
Memory 512 Mb DDR
Hard Drive 40 Gb ATA-IV [100] 5400 RPM IDE
CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combi Drive 24x / 32x / 24x [Write / Re-write / Read]
Graphics Card nVidia 64 Mb
Floppy Drive 1 x 3½" 1.4 Mb
Firewire IEEE1394 1 x Firewire Port
USB 4 x USB 2.0 Ports
Modem 56k V.90 Fax / Modem
Display 15" TFT - 1024 x 768 XGA+
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
LAN 1 x 100/10 MB RJ45

My main concerns are with the HDD... firstly, there is only one! From all the reading i have done, i was under the impression that it was recommended that you used a system drive and an audio drive? Secondly, the drive is only 5400RPM and not 7200RPM, would this make a huge difference?

Basically, what i wanted to know is whether the above spec would be sufficent for a newbie to pro-tools?

Any help/advice/recommendation would be great!

Cheers all.

[richiefingers]

Try the Windows forum, - this is the mac one. - you'll get a lot better response.

The Hitachi 7k60 60GB is a 7200 rpm 2.5 internal drive, which comes highly recommended by many mac people on powerbooks. (I have just ordered one for my 667 Powerbook, so I'll see for myself how good it is)

However i think the official line is that you should have an external drive for PT (firewire drive on a laptop.)

Good Luck

peace

[Phil G]

DOH! thoughts this was the windows forum... my apologies!

told ya i was new at this!