+T - THANKS,
I am considering going this route instead of a PMD-671 or HD-P2, would I require a PCMCIA slot or is there another way in? some of the newer lifebooks don't have em - i saw your vx 440 in the YS, whats the alternative???
I am looking at the p1120 on ebay - but its a curusoe - can those not keep up with 24/96? Whats the worst case scenario?
I'll prolly run my UA-5 in front of it - any thoughts would really helpful.
I forgot about the P1 series. Cool because they're super small, but they have several serious flaws:
max 800ghz Crusoe (approximately as fast as a 400mhz Pentium II)
max 256mb RAM - this is the killer
I don't believe the P1 series has a PCMCIA, but you'd probably want to go USB with a UA5. The USB is only 1.1. Probably fast enough for 2 tracks though. They also don't have the built in optical drive, so you don't have the option of extra battery power.
P2, P5 and P7 all have firewire ports (although not bus powered). These are much better options. The P2120, and the P5 and P7 are all USB 2.0 as well, which will be more stable.
The T70G I'm selling in the YS is basically a high powered Japanese P5 with a lot of extra bells and whistles. It was solid as a rock for 6 channels 24/96. The 2120 we still own is a 933 crusoe and it does fine with 2 tracks of 24/48 or 4 at 16 bit.
Dirk