Building a new computer

[PaPi]

Originally Posted by feedingear

Good response. I need to get a laptop for uni for doing music composition work and I am really in the dark as to what to do - I currently run an XP system with Cubase 5 on my tower at home, using a MOTU Ultralite MK3 for firewire sound, so compatability is pretty important. Any hints, tips, or specs to look at for getting a lappy?

This would be an excellent choice (i7-based, very reliable), but it's going to cost you more than a no-name laptop:

http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio

Street price in the US about $1,500 (for the i7 model.) But you definitely want to increase the RAM to take advantage of its 64-bit OS, and that may not be cheap.

This one comes with the i7 and 6 gigs of RAM at $1,899.99 retail.

http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?poid=460942