Laptops for Pro Audio

[Senchiha]

Hi all,

    Am new here. I tried looking for something related to my query in the forums but couldnt locate anything. Didnt know where to put it so if I am on the wrong side please let me know.

 

I am looking for information regarding the recent technology upgrades to thunderbolt for a lot of Pro Audio gear and hence am looking to upgrade my laptop in the near future for that purpose. 

 

 I am looking for something light and quiet but that can handle at least 35-40 Audio tracks so it should have some power. I am no professional at the moment. I know Macs are a huge choice for audio professionals since they are quiet and have thunderbolt ports which can also attach without issues to firewire pro audio gear whereas USB apparently cannot since it doesnt perform stable enough. But I am not much of a Mac guy.

 

 

Bottom line.. am looking for information regarding windows laptops that have thunderbolt ports. Any ideas? I already checked out the lenovo options.

 

Thank you

 

[Samppa221]

I don't know about light but the higher end Asus Rog laptops have Thunderbolt.

 

Like this: http://www.asus.com/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/G501JW/

[Rorgash]

eeh... considering that the most high end dacs and equipment for listening to music and we are talking stuff costing 10.000$-50.000$ runs on either USB or optical im not sure i would believe that usb isnt good enough

 

btw that includes me listening to a setup worth 100.000$ that was run off a media server.

[Senchiha]

Thank you for the quick replies. That Asus is definitely inviting.

 

listening to music and producing it are two different things. I have been reviewing a lot of pro recording equipment and very few run on USB. Mainly because USB doesnt have the same bandwidth as Firewire or Thunderbolt so it cannot process 100's of tracks simultaneously. These tracks could be either simultaneously recording tracks or the 100's of effects sends and returns on different tracks. Since I am looking to upgrade my gear towards that side I prefer being safe and future proof so that I dont need to keep upgrading. 

 

However you are right in the fact that a lot of pro audio gear does use optical. But connecting optical to a PC is, atleast for me, unheard of.

 

Thanks again

[Guest]

What exactly are you using this for? Live production or post?

 

@Senchiha

[don_svetlio]

I don't know about light but the higher end Asus Rog laptops have Thunderbolt.

 

Like this: http://www.asus.com/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/G501JW/

Speakers on those are crappy

Lenovo Y50 or Y700 for those JBL speakers

[Samppa221]

Speakers on those are crappy

Lenovo Y50 or Y700 for those JBL speakers

Lenovos ain't have Thunderbolt?

[don_svetlio]

Lenovos ain't have Thunderbolt?

Oh blimey. Got it mixed up with the kensington lock

Then some of MSI's higher end ones? All i Know is Asus laptops have craptastic speakers.

[legopc]

Macbooks are ideal for this. Personally if it would be for audio production only I would pick a good second hand macbook. Like you said its quiet, has thunderbolt and has good audio.