Laptop or desktop? Please read...

[CreamWare4Ever]

...Ah, to late, I have already purchased this laptop I will get back to you with result...

yes, that was clear - but the post above wasn't intended to discourage you...
it just meant you cannot avoid the side effects of heat - not even my less-than-1Ghz Oldie can

cheers, Tom

No problem

[garyb]

hey, you logged on the the "tech talk" forum. you knew the job was dangerous when you took it...

[siriusbliss]

a Scope card doesn't fit inside a laptop, so why bother at all ?
Xite isn't released yet...
but as a rule of thumb you can pretty much consider any laptop for less than 3K Euro a piece of crap in one or the other way
all laptops notoriously suffer from heat problems
no laptops are designed and built with real-time audio processing in mind

well, I should not be that negative...
(imho) you may find what you need in the military and outdoor category... say Grid Computers (as an example for a supplier)

ok, enough kidding - but power and laptop are opposites, unless you're willing to spend a lot of cash.
of course you can process audio on a laptop (thousand are doing it)
but for any given amount paid, you'd get the same performance for one third in a desktop - or for half the price in a rackmount.

with a laptop you better ignore performance completely and just enjoy the mobility
... though the peripherals (often) don't make it that 'handy' at all - it's not like taking it to a corporate presentation or so

cheers, Tom

Personal experience shows that it's worth getting a beefier laptop like an Alienware and then consider getting an Xite and go fully mobile.
Should be plenty of horsepower for your needs.
The HP's and Dell's out there are not necessarily hefty enough to handle the stresses of a mobile DAW.
This is the direction I'm going for my mobile studio, while leaving the main Scope DAW at home studio.

now...about running Xite on batteries (or solar)....hmmmmmm.....

Greg