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In Reply to: RE: choosing Windows laptop hardware posted by mike1127 on January 24, 2015 at 02:34:23
usually the lower cost models use sub-standard hardware.
I too use a Toshiba for my music, it is about 7 years old, but at the time cost me about $3k, I'd say laptops are designed better the more high end they are at the time, you do get what you pay for.
there are others that can argue it is the operating system, while hardware does matter it depends how high-tech the OS is as well. I find Windows 8.1 to sound fantastic, and Linux as well. Going with that school of thought I have a Samsung Chromebook and a Samsung Chromebook 2, they both sound out of this world and are under $400. They use the new google operating system called the ChromeOS operating system. Which is as slim as a Linux system I have ever used that is fully functional.
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I have been toying with finally dumping my cdp and going computer but sq is primary not convenience. I was told by someone who is an expert in the field use the the least amount of processor you can that will still run whichever OS and player. I don't have enough (read any) experience in this to know what is the least you can get away with. I was thinking perhaps this.
https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-de3815tykhe.html
or maybe
http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/us/en/pdp/desktops/hp-chromebox-cb1-016-pc
but I certainly wouldn't want to get something then have it be the bottleneck.
for basic functionality, if you need more custom things you're probably better off with better machines.
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops/lenovo/q-series/q190/
found it for $214 shipped, thought that was pretty good. Plan on running Foobar
looks great, Foobar is a favorite of mine as well.
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