There are a number of limitations with laptops -- notably the
onboard sound on a lot of them is fairly horrible. They're
also fragile, expensive, difficult to repair, and not very
open to expansion.
There is one well-reviewed PCMCIA sound card, the wamibox,
which costs $399 -- info at
http://www.egosys.net
Keep in mind too that if you don't need total portability, you
can build a computer with a micro-atx motherboard, nice big
hard drive, and a flat panel display for about what you'd
pay for a much less capable laptop. It would all fit in a decent
sized suitcase and set up very quickly...
kent williams -- kent@avalon.net
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Kallan Mrozek wrote:
quoted 12 lines This question relates to making computer music, I hope
> This question relates to making computer music, I hope
> someone can help....
>
> What problems/issues should one be aware of before
> purchasing a laptop(pc or mac) that may possibly be
> used for computer music applications. I'm mainly
> concerned with importing/exporting digital audio and
> connecting with MIDI. Can internal laptop soundcards
> (or whatever is inside 'em) create issues when
> connecting an external soundcard? Do PCMCIA sound
> cards generally suck? etc, etc
>
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