| Laptop hard drive speeds. Are they a problem?
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 | Laptop hard drive speeds. Are they a problem?
by Bag on Jan 12, 2004 at 9:29:50 am |
I'm looking at buying a new Toshiba laptop (because I can, kind of)and the seriously attractive specs'in regards to DAW work I need are great- except I'm baulking at a HD access speed of only 5400rpm. Wouldn't this be an Achille's Heel negating the P4, large RAM, etc? I'm wondering if all the fast componentry is pointless, if the HD can't read or write fast enough. I'm used to expecting at least 7200 rpm with a desktop.
Or have I got the wrong concept?
Cheers, Bag.
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• | | | |  | Re: Laptop hard drive speeds. Are they a problem?
by Mark Simpson on Jan 12, 2004 at 3:42:38 pm |
What are your needs? Does the thing have decent firewire?
Mark Simpson
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• | | | |  | Re: Laptop hard drive speeds. Are they a problem?
by Jake Tolbert on Jan 12, 2004 at 6:35:32 pm |
The HD has always been the weakest link for a laptop, especially for DAW and NLE use. Get a 7200RPM firewire drive if you require more than a handful of tracks for record and playback.
The cold hard fact is, a Laptop (without a Magma Chassis) does have limitations compared to desktop... If you need absolute power, get a desktop...
Jake Tolbert
PFS Multimedia
Steinberg Audio Tools &
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• | | | | | Re: Laptop hard drive speeds. Are they a problem?
by Bag on Jan 13, 2004 at 1:00:34 am |
Hmmm... good point, Jake. Toshiba aren't big on Firewire and I was willing to go for a good model that had only USB 2.0 and get a USB interface, but firewire does give me that external HD option to fix any potential HD problems. Specs-wise Mark, I'm trying to compromise. A powerful desktop would be better and cheaper, but the portability of a laptop is something that will be needed. I want to run around 16 tracks of audio sync'ed to video for demoing film scores- and that'll take some grunt. Unfortunately, many of those demo's will occur away from my studio and I want as much flexibility (which amounts to professionalism) as I can on-site... so mixdowns to a lesser spec'ed laptop rather than the original 16 tracks wouldn't quite provide that. Tricky... That external HD is looking better, Jake.
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