@Sergino Futurino said:

This is what I have load in MIR with my laptop in a recent project: 

18 instruments from the Special Edition plus and Vienna Appassionata libraries.

CPU 58%

RAM 6,10 gigas (That's all I needed for that project)

The specs are:

RAM 8 gigas, internal drive at 7200 rpm

SATA external disc via Expresscard

Firewire MOTU traveler buffer at 1024 (MIR buffer at 2x with 2 threads of 4)

 It worked very well indeed!

Sibelius works very well with MIR

Sergino,

You ran your MIR test with both Sibelius and MIR running on the same machine using LoopBe?  I am also looking to do a mobile laptop idea and 18 instruments is plenty enough for me to do what I do.

Thanks,

Maestro2be

 My laptop is just 1 year old, so you should get even more now!

Hi Sergino,

You forgot to answer my question lol.  Did you actually run Sibelius and MIR BOTH on the same laptop at the same time for those 18 instruments at 58% CPU?  I want to be sure before I buy a laptop that you actually did everything on the laptop (no slaves etc).

And yes you're right!  The laptops are even faster and better now so more would be possible :).

Thanks!

Maestro2be

 I would never trust an Italian for anything, but if you dare,  my answer is:
Yes, consider that all the instruments were playing at the same time, but the tempo was rather slow.
I would add that it was a sort of  Viennese Walts, and maybe that helps in this case...

It works with Sonar 8 as well.

Seriously,
for the hard disk, I use an express-card to leave the MOTU Traveler alone on the firewire bus.

I'm waiting for MIR Pro and Sibelius 7 for trying Vienna Instruments Pro that is still on my desktop only.

lol thanks Sergino, I will keep that in mind whenever speaking to an Italian in the future lol!

I really appreciate the update, I will be attempting this with Presonus Studio One, LoopBe and VSL.  It works incredibly well on my desktop.  I always try to keep the soundcard, record drive and samples drive on seperate busses.  It definitely does help a lot.  I will report back once I have one how it worked out for me.

Thanks again!

Maestro2be

This thread inspired me to look around for laptops that might be up to the task for serious work with Vsl and -possibly Mir.

What i found:

http://laptopia.de/ACER-18-Notebooks/Acer-Aspire-8943G-~-Quad-Core-i7-~-16GB-RAM::68.html

..It is a 2nd generation I7 Quadcore Laptop that has one Usb3 connection and e-sata, 16gb of ram and gigabit lan.

price:1200 Euro

I have Vienna Ensemble Pro and will get Mir pro when it is available.

So, if that all works as advertised, it should give me a serious workmachine that I can connect with two older computers with 8 gb ram each.

Any input and comments  on such a set-up  would be very welcome.

I would buy this only if I can test-drive it for 2 weeks and be able to return it if it is not performimg various stress tests.

-Does anybody have any idea what I can expect from a   i7-2630QM?

-Is gigabit lan on laptops "usually" uncritical. If it doesnt work well with VE pro and my destops it would be an absolute no-go for me.

-More detailed feedback from people working with laptops professionally would also be very welcome.

 Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you should get the 1298 euro optin with Windows 7 professional to get the lan working at its best.

I'm not sure so check it somewhere.

(and you'll need an external hard disk for sure)

@Sergino Futurino said:

 Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you should get the 1298 euro optin with Windows 7 professional to get the lan working at its best.

Not sure about this one.

Anyway, I have a copy of Windows 7 professional here.

If I go for it I would love to have an internal ssd 256 gb.

any feedback on gigabit lan on a laptop?

My other question would be if this cpu (Intel Core i7-2630QM) would

be comparable to a - say-  i7 920 desktop processor or other 1st generation i7s.

i7-920XM  cpu Mark: 8044 -  rank 17

Intel Core i7-2630QM cpu Mark:  6335 -  rank 40

i7-920  cpu Mark: 5564 -  rank 55

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Well I ordered my new Laptop with the following on it.  I am still deciding on the memory (you might have seen my memory thread in the MIR discussions).

Dell Precision M4600

Intel Core i7-2720M Quad Core 2.20GHz 6MB

AMD FirePro M5950 Mobility Pro Graphics with 1GB GDDR5

15.6 Full HD (1920x1080)Wide View AG LED w/Prem Panel

128GB Mini SD for system and MIR, 750GB SATA Seagate 7200RPM for samples (both are internal)

Memory - 32GB of 1333 or 16GB of 1600MHZ (I haven't made my mind up on this so I ordered it with just the basic 2GB 1333 so I can buy what I want after the fact).

Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit (if you're a home user, this would be called Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit)

1GB Seagate external drive for backup of samples (eSata connection).  Also I can share the load if needed.

Soundcard will use the Firewire port so no conflicts of bus to interfere with samples etc.

I am very excited and will post in this thread the performance I get, once I decide what memory speed to buy.  I like the 32GB ability of the 1333, however I am not sure the rest of the machine has the throughput to keep up with 32GB of MIR instruments with effects etc.  Still undecided.  I might buy the 16GB of 1600 and just see if I run out of memory and resources.

Maestro2be

@cgernaey:

please post your results soon!

This will be very interesting for me!