Centrino laptop?

DinkyToys_ · Post by **DinkyToys_** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 15:32

Hi all,

I have a big question about laptops with the Centrino chipset.
Does someone of you use this sort of laptop with vj-ing?

And is the standard Intel GFX chip ok or do I have to look for a laptop with an Ati 9000 chipset?

Do I also have to upgrade the harddisk to an 5400 RPM disk?

I'm looking forward to the answers.

DinkyToys_ · Post by **DinkyToys_** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 19:38

I buyed an Acer TravelMate 803 Cli and it works super last saturday. I did a good buy with this laptop.

But had to little time to tweak the whole laptop. Had him for 2 days.

nz_ · Post by **nz_** » Fri May 07, 2004 22:20

we just bought 2 centrino laptops, we will go live next week, contact me then

nz_ · Post by **nz_** » Fri May 07, 2004 22:20

we just bought 2 centrino laptops, we will go live next week, contact me then

jim_ · Post by **jim_** » Sat May 08, 2004 08:51

i've been using an acer 1.6 centrino for 6 months, never had a problem. never crashed at a gig...

Pedro Lopes_ · Post by **Pedro Lopes_** » Sat May 08, 2004 16:10

Yes i have a Asus 1.4 Centrino, it's quite good and fast for the price. The best it's that doesn't warms up, i made once a 10 hours set and he still was cool. I use it abou for 8 months.

grayscale_ · Post by **grayscale_** » Wed May 12, 2004 23:01

I have an Asus m6n 1.7 with a gig of ram. The thing runs better than my desktop pentium 4. Definitely get the hitachi 7200 rpm drive though, you'll thank yourself later. Great buy and looks pretty sweet as well. Played a gig with live band and LTJ Bukem last weekend for over 6 hours straight. no problems. Big props to the Resolume team!

eno@smvisuals.com_ · Post by **eno@smvisuals.com_** » Wed May 12, 2004 23:04

Can you guys tell us how hard you are pushing the centrino's? how many layers? res? stuff like that.

I have not even considered a centrino since I thought they were not built for performance but maybe you'll make me rethink this. I'm shopping for a lappy now. thanks.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 05:45

Centrino is killer.

gpvillamil · Post by **gpvillamil** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 08:47

I don't use a Centrino, but have a laptop with a 1.7Ghz Pentium M (same as Centrino, without the wireless chipset).

I can run 3 layers at 320x240, with multiple effects. For the most part manage to get 30-40fps. Only very rarely do I get stalling/frame drops. I can run 1 layer at 640x480, with limited effects, get about 18-20 fps.

The 7200RPM hard disk is key - a similar laptop with a 5400RPM drive can't keep up.