Looking for some advice on windows laptops. I snagged the Maschine Mikro from the BST and wouldn't you know it, the very next day my tower PC decides to up and stop turning on. IT is a roughly 6 year old HP slim whatever, doesn't even have a firewire card. So instead of sinking any money into fixing it I am thinking about copping a used windows laptop to rock the maschine and reapear/cruddy USB interface.
Any suggestions of what to look for? Hoping to keep it around $300, cheaper if possible.
Need some Windows Laptop/Maschine advice.
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Need some Windows Laptop/Maschine advice.
by Aquietcabin1978 » Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:29 am
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Re: Need some Windows Laptop advice.
by odontophobia » Fri Dec 16, 2016 4:18 pm
Any reason you want a laptop?
If you have a desktop then you already have screen, keyboard, and mouse.
You could put together a desktop pretty affordable-like.
If you have a desktop then you already have screen, keyboard, and mouse.
You could put together a desktop pretty affordable-like.
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Re: Need some Windows Laptop advice.
by Aquietcabin1978 » Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:48 pm
Yeah, portability for sure. Don't need a big desktop PC. The hock shop up the street always has a bunch of cheap laptops, going to go peep what they have tomorrow morning on the way to the post office.
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Re: Need some Windows Laptop advice.
by Aquietcabin1978 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:51 pm
jwar wrote:I'd tell both you guys to eat a dick, but it's against the vibe of the thread. Dicks are meat right?
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Re: Need some Windows Laptop advice.
by spacelordmother » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:51 am
Only thing about that is it has 2x USB 3 and only 1x USB 2 port. I've had some issues with older hardware and drivers not liking USB 3 ports. Depends on what you're running I guess.
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Re: Need some Windows Laptop advice.
by Aquietcabin1978 » Mon Dec 19, 2016 2:25 pm
Hadn't thought of that. Running a cruddy Berhringer USB interface and the maschine micro mk2. That would be it. Maybe a printer for the kids school junk.
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Re: Need some Windows Laptop/Maschine advice.
by Aquietcabin1978 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:16 pm
Any other opinions on windows 7 laptops? I don't want to get 10 as I have read it updates whether you want it to or not. Never used 8 so that leaves 7 I guess.
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Re: Need some Windows Laptop/Maschine advice.
by rfurtkamp » Thu Jan 05, 2017 6:42 am
Should be fine, that's not outrageous for that machine.
If you shop around more you can get equivalent spec'd business returns (which this obviously is) for $260-350, but it'll do a reasonable amount of heavy lifting with that processor and RAM.
If you shop around more you can get equivalent spec'd business returns (which this obviously is) for $260-350, but it'll do a reasonable amount of heavy lifting with that processor and RAM.
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Re: Need some Windows Laptop/Maschine advice.
by Aquietcabin1978 » Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:48 am
That is the laptop I ended up with. I saved a few bucks and went with the 500 GB drive, which should be more than enough for anything I'll be doing. Decent for under two bills. Thanks yo.
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Re: Need some Windows Laptop/Maschine advice.
by rfurtkamp » Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:16 am
Yea, can always use an external if you need more space!
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