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Originally Posted by Audio in HD  Well, from my recent experience I can throw something in under the "What computer I should buy" heading.
Now I realize that this is said alot, but I MUST re-iterate the necessity of a TI firewire chipset and the complete refusal of anything that uses a Ricoh firewire chipset. Ricoh chipsets "in notebooks" are uncorrectable by expresscard 1394 even when it is TI. This is not a myth.
So with all other specs in mind Rule number one of "What laptop should I buy" is something with a Firewire chipset that is clearly supported by your interface manufaturer (and never Ricoh). |
Definitely agree on the TI chipset for PC laptops being a very important thing to mention. I am unaware of any Dell laptop that uses the TI chip and had lots of problems with Presonus and MOTU 1394 Interfaces with Dell laptops in particular. The other topic in the PC laptop world is the lack of 6-pin 1394 for bus powering the interface.
On a personal note, I am very interested in battery powering interface and high quality preamps with phantom.