New PC Laptop for Kontrol S4

[Gapout]

hey all...

so i have done every possible thing to get my laptop to get my S4 to work flawlessly without any dropouts/crackling etc. I have come to the conclusion that i need to upgrade my laptop.

I am looking at getting a dell XPS1645 or the Dell Studio XPS

Does anyone on these forums currently own one of these laptops and can they give me any feedback as to if they perform well without any drop outs and a MAX latency of 9ms?

[Lug Nutz]

Im using the Toshiba Satelite that has been optimized and it works like a champ. I have only had it mess up twice and that was because of the HDD protection. I turned it of and no problems. It is an i7 processor with 6 gig of ram and a 17" screen

[Rukks]

Look into the samsung 7 series, just bought one for my dad for $800 from bestbuy and now I want one myself.

Its an extremely sleek, overpowered laptop, it also has an antiglaire screen which is always a plus...especially when macbook anti glare screens cost an extra 200.

[C.Lukas1]

The only PC laptop I'd even consider would be a Lenovo Thinkpad.

[Gapout]

why a lenovo thinkpad?

Is there any reason behind this or are u just a mac guy??

Brand names dont really have anything todo with a PC...its more about the guts inside the laptop that matter...ie manufacture of the hardware...ie western digital, seagate. etc

[C.Lukas1]

I like the build quality of the Thinkpads and they are simple to upgrade/work on.

My friend DJs and he swears by them. He has several x40s with cloned hard drives. He's all about portability and having several backups.

I'm actually in the market for a new laptop myself. I'm debating on a Thinkpad x120 or waiting it out for a new unibody MBP.

I'm running a 5 year old Macbook right now and its flat out beat. It put it through hell...time for an upgrade.

[Gapout]

ah okay i will take a look at them.

I can get a really good deal on an Asus G73 which is a little bit overkill for just DJing but i just cant justify spending 1800 on a MBP when i can get the Asus G73 for 1/2 the price and has 10X the guts of a MBP

[C.Lukas1]

I'm looking a 13" MBP for around 1200ish....depending on how I build it.

I'm not really anti-PC or pro-mac.....I can spin and get by with whatever. I just really like OSX and the build quality of Mac notebooks. I also run Windows 7 so I have the best of both worlds.

Thats why I'm a big fan of the Thinkpads. They are crazy durable. I prefer a smaller laptop so I've also been browsing the x40s. They can be had for 300-400 running Windows Vista. You drop in a bigger HD, upgrade the RAM and you're set.

[Gapout]

yeah the Asus G73 is a 17" with an all rubber finish around it, backlit keyboard yadda yadda yadda.

Since i use 2 decks plus 2 track decks i like having the bigger screen.

I would jump on a MBP in a second but heck they are so dang expensive

the specs on the Asus G73 are

· Intel Core i7-720QM(1.6GHz/2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB L3 )
· 12GB PC3-1066 RAM 1333MHz DDR3(Max 16GB)
· 17.3-inch 1080p (1920x1080) display with LED backlighting
· ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 graphics card
· 1TB 7200RPM (2x 500GB) hard drives
· Atheros AR9285 802.11n Wireless LAN adapter
· Built-in Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
· 8X DVD+-RW Super Multi drive with blue-ray
· 2.0MP smart webcam
· Backlit keyboard and number pad

all for 900 bucks

If i could find a MBP that came even close to that in specs for 1000 i would jump on it in a second.

I plan on using my lappy for production as well.

My current laptop

AMD Turion dual core
4gigs ram
and the HD in it is only 5400 rpm.

I plan on swapping out one of the 500gig HDs for a 120gig SSD

[C.Lukas1]

Yeah it all depends on personal preference and what you're using it for. That's a lot of beef for only $900.

I've never really heard anything bad about Asus notebooks. I'm all about reliability. I've had two Dells crap out on me in the past and then I went Mac because of the student discount at the time. I'm not against going back to a PC, but it might be difficult to make the switch.