Does anyone have a suggestion on...

[jtg116]

I have an MBox that I still don't know how to use, but I'd like to get it onto a laptop setup. Does anyone kmow how well it works with models other than the two on the Digi site? Thanks much John

[MichaelK]

The two what?

[jtg116]

I guess that would help! The models are , Dell 8500 with P4 or 4m or Gateway 400 with the P4 or 4m. What I'm really wondering is, will other good laptops work if they have the P4 chip?
thanks John

[MichaelK]

If you have questions about specific processors and how they affect ProTools performance, contact Sweetwater Sound and ask them. They stay up-to-date with all that.

I know nothing about those particular models nor how PCs spec out these days in general. But a good idea is to get the most powerful processor you can afford and load the machine to the max with extra memory. At a minumum, read the system requirements, then double it if you can.

[jtg116]

Thanks, I'm off tommorrow to pick up a laptop! Thanks for your advise. I hope to put in as much memory as I can afford, I'll tell you how all works out. John

[GaryNattrass]

Dont forget the AMD Athlon chip that Digidesign also recommend its a lot cheaper than a P4.

I got an Acer Aspire 1350 Laptop which has an AMD Athlon 2400 chip in it and it works great with my 002 Pro-tools set-up.

It also has firewire so if you want to upgrade to an 002 you can.

All I had to do was add another 512mb of Ram to make my system fly.

http://www.acer.com/APP/AKC/INTERNET...1?OpenDocument

[jtg116]

Well I picked up a Laptop, a Dell at a computer show for a fair price and put in 1.2gig of ram. I still have to learn how to use ProTools, but a quick little tune with 6 tracks went down smoothly. I must learn how to record with class tho... Thanks for the input. John

[GaryNattrass]

Gald you are up any running.

I am also new to pro tools but have found it easy to learn, theres a guy on e-bay selling video CD tutorials that may help you.

Heres a link to my wining auction you can contact him from there:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=3722136440

[jtg116]

Thanks Gary I saw your other post and just wrote the guy!