Hello all, please i would buy a laptop for music production, precisely for beatmaking and i'm wondering which config i should take between those laptop

LG GRAM 17 ==> i7 1260P - ram 32gb ddr5 - 1024gb ssd

Asus ZENBOOK UX3402Z ==> i7 1260P - 16gb ddr5 - 512 ssd

Asus Vivobook ==> i7 12700H - ram 16gb ddr5 ssd Nvme

HP Laptop 15 ==> CORE ULTRA 5-125H - 16gb ddr5 - 512 ssd nvme

Huawei MATEBOOK ==> i7 12700H - 16gb ram - 512 ssd

Acer SWIFT SF314-71 ==> i7 12700H - 16gb - 1Tb ssd

Samsung GALAXY book2pro ==> i7 1260P - 16 gb - 512 ssd

LENOVO Ideapad pro5i ==> i7 13700H - 16gb dd5 - 512 ssd nvme

or i have to go to MacBook AIR with M1 and 8 gb ram ? i'm using FL Studio DAW with differents plugins and i dont know if it work fine on mac or logic pro is better

 

I am still using my MBP M1 MAX 32gb 1TB, flawless on anything but my only complain is the weight too heavy ..

 

All I can say: Whenever I bought HP I regretted that decision. Once the hinges and the case broke just by opening and closing them. Another model didn't like the Ssd upgrade and crashed as long as it didn't get it's OG SSD back. And the third doesn't like the Intel WiFi card I bought. You can't change anything, they test the bios only with the configurations they offer and that's it.
I switched over to Lenovo and it's way better there.

Edit: None of your configs is ryzen based, is there a reason? There is nothing wrong with Intel. But other CPU manufacturers daughters are beautiful too.
I have a Lenovo Ideapad pro with 16" display on ryzen. I really like that one.

 

Last edited: Dec 24, 2024

Cepter Dreambook N530-01 15,6" kannettava tietokone - Power.fi
This is finnish site, but you get the specs. I bought one of these way back at 450€, never got any problem due to processing power, battery life isn´t that good, but it can even handle some AI stuff on spectralayers pretty good. For beatmaking I would not buy a topnotch laptop

 

whatever you end up buying, just make sure it has low DPC

 

Clear purchase recommendation for the LENOVO Ideapad pro5, good proven energy management from Lenovo, it doesn't get too hot, 1x USB-C is used for the power supply, you have Thunderbold 4 and lots of connection options, very good single core CPU performance, the Meteor Lake is manufactured in 7nm. DDR 5 and NVMe bring the necessary performance. All in all a fast modern system.

After purchasing you should run LatencyMon www.resplendence.com/latencymon and optimize your laptop for music production. Don't let audio glitches ruin your performances! www.cantabilesoftware.com/glitchfree/

 

if you just have to get a mac then get 1, good time as m4 is out - But recognize that there's not much you' can do nowadays w a mac that you can't w a cheaper PC. I just tested about 9 laptops thx to best buys awesome return policy, and I made the best decision ever. If u want to Wing it by comparing laptops that you hear about head to head, ... use https://nanoreview.net/en/laptop-compare. Better yet, if you want to dig in and compare specs you'll really want to know about, check out their laptop cpu ranking list: https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-list/laptop-chips-rating Long story short I started about this time last year with a m2 mac studio max only to sell it on ebay months later. I ended up going w an Asus ROG Strix and I upgraded it to 16TBs via its 2 m.2 nvme slots as well as 64 gb ram. So I can say bye to having to lug around ext Hds when I wanna get away and make beats at Starbucks. CPU is ryzen 9 7495hx, which, with the Ram and ssds has allowed a pretty fast experience when producing in Ableton, as well as in logic, which I was able to install using vmware, I'm a fan off logics synths, and I have a software that allows me to run the logic tracks back ingo channels of my ableton host.

 

I bought this back in August, for the specs you can't beat the price. You can get up to 64mb RAM and 4TB SDD. It arrived at my house in a week.

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SD Card Reader
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then you put in the code KREATIVE and it's $200 off
so you getting maching that would cost around 3k for $1600
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Last edited: Dec 25, 2024

Thank you for your advices guys

 

Thank you for replying bro, i dont have any problem with Ryzen and it should be 7000 series to get better performance i think, those laptops i mentioned in top are used and i didnt found one on Ryzen thats why

 

thank you for this bro, that will help me for sure, but is there a big difference between i7 13700H and M1 pro ??

 

thank you bro, please can you explain more about DPC because its my first time i hear about it, and if i get mac should i consider that too ?

 

that will help me bro, thank you but in this comparing website (https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-list/laptop-chips-rating) 13700H is 10nm idk if it's true, but what do you think about this cpu compared to M1 pro of apple ? and should i optimize mac with LatencyMon too ?

 

thank you mate, to be honest its the first time a hear about this brand, where its from please ?

 

65th place - The M2 is definitely faster, but I think Apple is always more expensive than Ryzen.
Intel is also an expensive brand. Many mac m2 musicians/users are very happy with the performance.
LatencyMon is only for Windows!

 

Yes i agree about the price bro, they are more expensive, but in my opinion it worth it if we talk about performance, that doesnt mean intel and ryzen are weak but apple theirs softwares and iOS are optimized

and i'm not going for a new one, if i buy i ll get a used one with M1 pro not M2 in as much as there's no big difference between

 

Yes, that's how I understood it too, that Mac notebooks are very good for music production. Back when sound engineers were being trained, they always used Macs and Steinberg Cubase or Logic in their training. Buy a used MacBook Pro M1 from €619.00 (€1,449.00 new)

 

it's better than what i mentioned on top even with different plugins like nexus and kontakt libraries ... ?

 

This one is perfect for Fruity Loops!

 

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