This is mainly for people who know a little bit about computers, as my knowledge is very limited
My laptop which I used to use for producing got it's hard drive killed while switched off in a power surge.
It was about 5 years old but did its job, but as I'm off to uni in september was thinking of upgrading anyway, not to anything amazing, not bothered about games and graphics, but just so I can use the internet, msn etc and produce in my free time
My options are:
Get a new hard drive for my current laptop for about 80 quid
Buy a new cheap laptop and upgrade the RAM so it can run a DAW to some extent, and use my external soundcard
Buy a Macbook and spend the next couple of years trying to pay for it
Build a custom laptop PC so I can produce tunes without having to worry about spec
One last thing, what are the main things you have to have for a decent music production computer? I guess RAM and Processor speed are important but not sure what else because I've got an audio interface with a good soundcard.
Cheers, Alexi
My laptop which I used to use for producing got it's hard drive killed while switched off in a power surge.
It was about 5 years old but did its job, but as I'm off to uni in september was thinking of upgrading anyway, not to anything amazing, not bothered about games and graphics, but just so I can use the internet, msn etc and produce in my free time
My options are:
Get a new hard drive for my current laptop for about 80 quid
Buy a new cheap laptop and upgrade the RAM so it can run a DAW to some extent, and use my external soundcard
Buy a Macbook and spend the next couple of years trying to pay for it
Build a custom laptop PC so I can produce tunes without having to worry about spec
One last thing, what are the main things you have to have for a decent music production computer? I guess RAM and Processor speed are important but not sure what else because I've got an audio interface with a good soundcard.
Cheers, Alexi