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br0d
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Yeah what's the current best laptop option for Cubase 5 on XP (or eventually Win 7) in the $2000 range?
I'm not interested in the nuances, too busy watching the Stanley Cup playoffs. 
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Dr COMP
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This is definetly one of those rare exceptons where I seem to have completly failed to understand the topic of the thread posted by Chris, and to make matters more confusing, Chris has very conveniently chosen to keep away, something that`s quite unlike Chris 
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Chris Beuermann
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Dr COMP
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| Chris Beuermann wrote: | Hello Dr Comp,
We are currently working very hard on some things (translations of the knoweldge base, preperations for the new forums etc). But this notebook FAQ is still something that we want to write.
Gr,
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Sorry Chris, may be I was over-reacting  , but thanks fpr the clarification 
I`m certain you guys will come out with something nice.
Wensend u alle best.
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sustudio
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:44 am Post subject: |
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Any updates to this topic? I am interested in runnnig CB5 on a Windows laptop and would like to get something ready to go out of the box with very little tweaking (if possible). I am planning on running a mLAN card for audio with my XS workstation.
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tim.sparks
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject: me too |
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Yeah, pointers on laptop selection would be very very helpful!
Having worked with Cubase on a desktop PC for 4 years, I'm seriously considering a move to laptop - questions include:
Can I use my old hardware/software on a Mac?
What about Vista? Will my software work?
Windows 7 - should we buy with upgrade in mind at the moment?
Most laptops only come with one hard drive - is partitioning acceptable to create two drives (one for OS one for audio) or do we need external storage?
If external storage - what kind is quick enough?
Minimum recommended RAM?
Minimum recommended processor - or options with pros and cons?
What ports are essential? Or beneficial? e.g. firewire, USB, eSATA,
I've heard warnings about graphics cards - why?
I'll try to add more if I think of any...
For information if anyone wants to drop me a line with advice - I'm running Cubase SL3 with the MI4 interface.
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marcus c
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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The number 1 issue with laptops at the moment is firewire chipsets if you're using a firewire device. There are some new i7 mobile laptops about to be released so keep an eye out for specs etc,also HP have some cool looking laptops with a special Dr Dre beats version
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/hp-envy-beats-dr.-dre,8694.html
looks great,not sure about firewire though 
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Eric4545
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Hi everyone,
Did anybody try the latest Macbook pro 13' with Cubase?
It looks like a great and compact mac for on the road.
What FW interface would you recommend. The ideal for me would be 8 highend micpreamps and 8 lineouts Plus midi i/o in one unit. (Presonus might not be highend enough)
I'm making the switch from pc.
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soundmagus
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Hi Guys,
I have one of the new i7 W7 64bit laptops and i have no problems as of yet with the Firewire issues mentioned above even though
the FW chipset is a RICOH one.
I am currently creating my first track using the machine to test, i will keep you posted.
I am Running Cubase 5.1 64bit and all Native Instruments (Komplete 6) 64bit plugins
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Laptop Specs
Base Alienware M15x Cosmic Black
Memory 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
Video Card 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT240M graphics card
Hard Drive 250GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64bit- English
Optical Devices DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write) Slot Load Drive
Processor Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 720QM (1.60Ghz, 6MB L3 cache)
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FADERJOCKEY
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| Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject: Question |
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I picked up a HP 15" laptop for surfing and email when I'm away from desktop.
I have Vista on one side and Ubuntu on the other..
All the talk I'm seeing about firewire and stuff.. My question is.
This laptop has a eSATA port (I'm thinking audio drive there)
And it's got a Express Card buss slot. (I'm thinking RME Express PCI for my digiface)
Then I'd load my Cubase on the Vista side and with the RME card I'd have my SSL Alpha Link mobile.
Just unplug a cable from my RME PCI card on the desktop and go..This would be just tracking sometimes outside my studio.
Do you think this would work well? Less trouble then if I was trying to go Firewire like some guys?
I even thought about a Expansion Chassis.. Then I wouldn't even need the RME Card Buss. I could just put all my desktop stuff in it. (1x RME PCI, 3x UAD-1).
I do have an SBS 13 slot Chassis laying around with my Pro Tools cards that I never even turn on anymore. Wonder if the SBS would work.. That thing is big though. I'd have to find a Express Card buss for it.
THe Laptop is a HPdv5 Duo Core 2 T6500, 3gig ram, No fancy video card. Stock intel card.
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vondersulzburg
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:50 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
I am using
Cubase Studio 5.1.1 32+64 bit and Sequel2 on a Toshiba Qosmio X500-10V - Core i7 1.6 GHz - 18.4 Zoll Full-HD - 8 GB RAM - 640 GB HDD 7200rpm Laptop
with 2*1TB USB-HD as backup.
Working with Windows 7 64bit pro
The wish is that you take care about USB 3.0 interfaces. I am not shure that in laptops the firewire interface will be supported in the future. Maybe you should have a look to the ether cat standard witch is used as a technical standard in measureing devices (high speed data aquisitation).
I think over all you schould devide the hardware part in 3 type of user
the just for fun user
the semi professional user
and the professional
but
One remark. It is not only the hardware witch counts.
From my point of view for all users we have to take care of the following issues
If you use Cubase on a Laptop you need a one window GUI.
I believe that in a professional studio you will use further on a tower pc because of the better expandability.
If so it would be fine to install the complete cubase setup with all vst2.... on a usbstick just to use it everywhere. (I mentioned this in a thread) There should be no need to patch ore make entrys to the regestry and the default directory cubase uses has to be the one on the stick.
These can be the e-licenser with maybe 32 or 64 Gb ram. So I can take my cubase with me and use it on every pc/Laptop without installing it and i have always MY configuration.
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Fivetowers
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| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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If you are interested in HW performance, here is it the ultimate Performance Test for Cubase 5 Systems:
http://www.moar.net/cubasetest
Please post your results!
Ciao
5T |
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