Just Got the perfect daw laptop

[feasible_weasel]

:stunned: hard to see from this pic, but the screen is really wide
its almost like you have dual monitors
Sony Vaio VGN-FW21L
http://img19.picoodle.com/img/img19/3/1/22/f_PICT0013m_c85a24c.jpg

[Cooks]

I'm looking at getting VAIO soon, what's the spec?

[Steez]

Keyboard looks nicer than on my Vaio still, I've loved my Vaio off since getting it, not on them levels though

Big screen is shit for moving it around though

[DJ TINMAN]

I've jus brought a Vaio VGN-NR31J

Spec:

Vista Home Premium
250GB HD.
Dual Core Processor
2GB Ram

I'm running Cubase SX3 on it but i keep gettin audio dropouts and CPU glitches, got a feeling its vista thats causing it. Jus a heads up.......

I'm gonna install XP on there and see wa gwan.

[Deset]

yeah vista's gui takes up too much processing power.. i usually end up turning themes and effects off and changing the wallpaper to blank which usually stops the glitches but after all that, overheating makes things worse lol

[Steez]

yeah vista's gui takes up too much processing power.. i usually end up turning themes and effects off and changing the wallpaper to blank which usually stops the glitches but after all that, overheating makes things worse lol
This is true, my Vista is set to run like Windows 95 visually

Also, I read that setting processing power to background processes did a lot for audio because most audio drivers are considered background processes.

As for you Tinman, be careful, I was gonna do this the very day I bought my Vaio, but I looked online and a few of the hardware things don't have drivers and aren't supported by XP. If you roll back, and it fails, you could end up seriously fucked.

[feasible_weasel]

I'm looking at getting VAIO soon, what's the spec?
:D
16.4" screen
intel duo t5800 2ghz 2mb cache
3gb ram
ati radeon 3470 256mb ram
250gb hard-drive

[feasible_weasel]

I've jus brought a Vaio VGN-NR31J

Spec:

Vista Home Premium
250GB HD.
Dual Core Processor
2GB Ram

I'm running Cubase SX3 on it but i keep gettin audio dropouts and CPU glitches, got a feeling its vista thats causing it. Jus a heads up.......

I'm gonna install XP on there and see wa gwan.

its the hard-drive

[Steez]

:D
16.4" screen
What's a 16.4 saying for movement, is it heavy/bulky? Can you fit it in a standard backpack?

[feasible_weasel]

What's a 16.4 saying for movement, is it heavy/bulky? Can you fit it in a standard backpack?

i will do a comparison pic of a 15.4 and this
5 mins :D

[Steez]

i will do a comparison pic of a 15.4 and this
5 mins :D
Safe, mines a 15.4" vaio, just wanna know when I upgrade if the size will be a par

[feasible_weasel]

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/3/1/23/f_002m_0f3f78f.jpg

[Steez]

Rah, it don't even look that much bigger. Seen. Fair play then.
Should be a good look.

[feasible_weasel]

Safe, mines a 15.4" vaio, just wanna know when I upgrade if the size will be a par
its is bigger,but u will appreciate the extra width. and its fine to fit in a bag :D

[feasible_weasel]

Rah, it don't even look that much bigger. Seen. Fair play then.
Should be a good look.
u will appreciate it when you arranging windows in your daw.

[Steez]

u will appreciate it when you arranging windows in your daw.
There's only been one synth that's been a par so far, went off the bottom of my screen. Watching video on that would be a bit better though still.

One downside would be that powerlight position though, allow watching a film in the dark and having a big green light right next to the screen. It's not even like them subtle TV ones, it's quite big?

[feasible_weasel]

There's only been one synth that's been a par so far, went off the bottom of my screen. Watching video on that would be a bit better though still.

One downside would be that powerlight position though, allow watching a film in the dark and having a big green light right next to the screen. It's not even like them subtle TV ones, it's quite big?
yeah lol
you could always put the box over it for the disk lol

[Steez]

yeah lol
you could always put the box over it for the disk lol
LOL True. Sick purchase either way, 3gb of RAM is a lot, can go far with that.

[feasible_weasel]

LOL True. Sick purchase either way, 3gb of RAM is a lot, can go far with that.

indeed :D

[DJ TINMAN]

How much, out of interest???

['nuum general]

PCs>>>Laptops

I hope the new vaio's are better than the old ones, the ones I use at work are shocking

[Cooks]

PCs>>>Laptops

I hope the new vaio's are better than the old ones, the ones I use at work are shocking

VAIOs at work??? if only, we get some rebore dell ones

[Steez]

PCs>>>Laptops

I hope the new vaio's are better than the old ones, the ones I use at work are shocking
Laptop >>> PC all day every day. Being confined to one place is a par.

['nuum general]

Laptop >>> PC all day every day. Being confined to one place is a par.

for my work yes as I need to take it on site from time to time but for personal use or a normal office job there's not comparison imo.

[Steez]

for my work yes as I need to take it on site from time to time but for personal use or a normal office job there's not comparison imo.
For personal use, I find movement to be a lot. Depends where you live I guess, I can take it kitchen and use it while I cook if I want, or sit in front of the TV with msn on, and get notifications of new e-mails. Portable technology > static for me

[BananaMan]

Not gonna lie, My PC is my TV,Radio,Game Console, HIFI system, Cinema etc etc.

No need for portability for me

[feasible_weasel]

how much, out of interest???

585 :d

[Steez]

Not gonna lie, My PC is my TV,Radio,Game Console, HIFI system, Cinema etc etc.

No need for portability for me
Mine is all of that, and I need to move it :)

[feasible_weasel]

laptops are really relaxing :)

[BananaMan]

How bigs your screen?
I want to get a laptop for uni

[feasible_weasel]

How bigs your screen?
I want to get a laptop for uni

16'4 inch

[DJ TINMAN]

its the hard-drive

Are you having teh same problem then???

I've tried a few of the standard vista tweaks in hope of making it run smooth but its still not perfect, which is pretty shit if you ask me. My desktop running XP runs like a beauty and specs are worse than my Vaio.

Anyone got any articles or tips on how to tweak vista for music production then?

[Steez]

http://www.novationmusic.com/answerbase/article.php?id=384

There's bare, but I've done it and I find my Vaio much better than my old desktop of similar spec for music now.

Even if some of them sound weird, they make a lot of sense still. Go thru and try them all and see which works I guess.

[DJ TINMAN]

Big up you, on this tonight.

[Steez]

Big up you, on this tonight.

It takes quite a while some of it still, but yeah, I definitely got improved performance off it

[feasible_weasel]

Are you having teh same problem then???

I've tried a few of the standard vista tweaks in hope of making it run smooth but its still not perfect, which is pretty shit if you ask me. My desktop running XP runs like a beauty and specs are worse than my Vaio.

Anyone got any articles or tips on how to tweak vista for music production then?

the drive speed..

[critic of musical arts]

the perfect DAW laptop is a mac book pro FACT.

[DJ TINMAN]

I've tried all these vista tweaks and still no luck, its doing my head in!!!!

Feasible you were saying something about the h/d before, is there anything i can do to sort this?

[Deset]

if i wer to replace my hdd with a SSD would this increase the programs performance or is it just down to the ram n cpu?

lol anyone tried using FL on a 60inch plasma.. saves alot of time!

[Mike]

:stunned: hard to see from this pic, but the screen is really wide
its almost like you have dual monitors
Sony Vaio VGN-FW21L
http://img19.picoodle.com/img/img19/3/1/22/f_PICT0013m_c85a24c.jpg

I have the same laptop, amazing aren't they.

- 4GBRAM
- 320GB Hardrive

the 1600X900 HD screen is immense.

*Loads up super Mario 64 full screen*

[feasible_weasel]

I have the same laptop, amazing aren't they.

- 4GBRAM
- 320GB Hardrive

the 1600X900 HD screen is immense.

*Loads up super Mario 64 full screen*

:D you have the model up if its 4gb ram
the res is amazing

[slu-wasteguy]

i fuckin hate laptops yes i know its not relevant to this thread but there just gay lol

[Deset]

Laptops are good for portability, but the option of being able to easily upgrade and add whatever to pc's >>>>>>>>>

Another thing with Laptops is when keys go missing from the keyboard and you have to press down hard on the space where they used to be.. a real par when using virtual keyboard in FL

[feasible_weasel]

Laptops are good for portability, but the option of being able to easily upgrade and add whatever to pc's >>>>>>>>>

Another thing with Laptops is when keys go missing from the keyboard and you have to press down hard on the space where they used to be.. a real par when using virtual keyboard in FL

yeah...
also with a laptop with built in 5400rpm drive is not all that good lol

[feasible_weasel]

I've tried all these vista tweaks and still no luck, its doing my head in!!!!

Feasible you were saying something about the h/d before, is there anything i can do to sort this?

replace it with a 7200rpm drive

[Mike]

:D you have the model up if its 4gb ram
the res is amazing

I actually ordered a different VAIO but it got lost somewhere on delivery, so they offered a new model.

I'm glad the other one got lost now, it was shit compared to this.

[feasible_weasel]

I actually ordered a different VAIO but it got lost somewhere on delivery, so they offered a new model.

I'm glad the other one got lost now, it was shit compared to this.

:D great