Laptop vs Desktop

[newrigel]

I've just finished giving my laptop steriods...

And i have to say I REALLY enjoy working on it. I have a 2.6 ghz MBP 17" with Sonnet Tempo eSATA and 4gb RAM. I use many VI's (5 or more) to record, as well as recording analog sources. My projects tend to have an average track count of about 50+ stereo tracks and 20+ mono tracks. I have VI's and audio separated between 2 G-Tech 500gb drives connected via eSATA. My laptop setup is quite the upgrade from my PPC 2.3ghz running 10.4.11 with the same drive configuration. I cannot believe I held off for so long in switching over. I was dreading having to spend more money on buying a new MacPro, so I opted for a Sonnet Tempo SATA Pro card and upped my RAM to 4gb. In love. I agree that nothing compares to having a desktop with 4 internal drives and 16gb of RAM, faster everything etc., but I don't need all of that power to have a blast making music without much limitations. So I say go for the laptop!

Pretty good for a laptop! 16/44.1?

[Nibiru]

I've just finished giving my laptop steriods...

And i have to say I REALLY enjoy working on it. I have a 2.6 ghz MBP 17" with Sonnet Tempo eSATA and 4gb RAM. I use many VI's (5 or more) to record, as well as recording analog sources. My projects tend to have an average track count of about 50+ stereo tracks and 20+ mono tracks. I have VI's and audio separated between 2 G-Tech 500gb drives connected via eSATA. My laptop setup is quite the upgrade from my PPC 2.3ghz running 10.4.11 with the same drive configuration. I cannot believe I held off for so long in switching over. I was dreading having to spend more money on buying a new MacPro, so I opted for a Sonnet Tempo SATA Pro card and upped my RAM to 4gb. In love. I agree that nothing compares to having a desktop with 4 internal drives and 16gb of RAM, faster everything etc., but I don't need all of that power to have a blast making music without much limitations. So I say go for the laptop!

Pretty good for a laptop! 16/44.1?

no 24/44.1!

i was working on song yesterday that had 9 VI's, and maybe 15 stereo audio tracks with some minimal processing...CPU was humming at 10-15%. This was quite the unexpected upgrade i'd have to say.