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Old 31st July 2010   #50
kwazi
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cicatrix View Post
It seems that it is almost impossible to find a new laptop these days with a TI firewire chipset. A while ago I had an HP dv9000 that I was planning on using for my home setup. It ran mediocre at best. I decided to sell it and purchase a new laptop from a custom DAW builder. I have been really pleased with my ADK laptop I bought back in 2008. I then got a FireFace UC to take place of an Ultralite and I'm hard pressed to ever even hear a hiccup.With the current firewire chipset issues in laptops these days, I'm curious as to how everyone is working around this problem.

Are you guys switching to USB interfaces?
Are you guys buying Custom DAW laptops?
Are you guys searching out older model laptops that still use TI chip set controllers?

What gives.
I'm interested as well.
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