Topic: Notebook for Taping

[charles]

Looking for advice on an inexpensive laptop that I can use for taping into Soundforge and Wavelab. That's all I need it for. Is there such thing as a gutted out laptop gear for one sole purpose? If so how might I go about getting one?

[C.Clark]

on ebay you can find older laptops for pretty cheap and upgrade what you need too, but for laptop taping, a
barebones system can work just fine, look for a 500 mhz process, at least 256mb of ram and a 20 gig HD, but that can be bought after if need be.  thats what i would do if looking for a cheap solution thats quick and easy for laptop taping.
-chris

[Ed.]

i think dell has some laptops for under $700.  I used to have a link in my email, but its disappeared, i might have it at home tho.  I think they're celeron cpu's tho, nothing all that fancy.

[Scooter]

i use a compaq armada M300 like the one below for taping, my Dell was just too big and heavy.  600Mhz i believe.  REALLY small and light.  I use VXpocket 440 @24/48, and never had any clicks/pops at all.  They go for pretty cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3711&item=5132987933&rd=1

[jpschust]

and some good macs in the deal section of the mac site too

[Busman Audio]

Toshiba 3480 or 3490 are great and they have high capacity batteries available. Also nice and small. Can be had on ebay fro around $375 but you will need to upgrade the hard drive. I used one for a while and loved it but had to go back to small stuff (JB3)