lightfanatic Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Hi. I want to buy a laptop to use with martin M-PC and maybe martin m-touch in the future. I am wondering if I should buy Lenovo yoga 2 pro 13,3" QHD+ touch 4510U or Lenovo thinkpad X1 Carbon 14" touch 3444-CCU. The x1 carbon is lighter, thinner and more durable. The yoga can have the screen placed in more ways (tablet mode, normal mode etc). I may buy the ELO touch 2201L in the future, but it is handy to have a laptop with touch to use at smaller jobs. What do you think? Yoga 2 or X1 Carbon or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bleasdale Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I haven't used the Yoga 2 with MPC - or at all. But the X1 carbons do work quite well. The only thing I've found with the X1s though, is because it's so thin and light, the screen has a habit of flapping around and bouncing when you are touching it or tapping away at playbacks. So the Yoga may be a better option if it allows for better positions. In terms of specs, MPC isn't too power hungry. In the last couple of major versions, the developers put some serious effort into optimising it - mainly so it can be used with the ever growing tablet/laptop hybrid market such as Surface Pro's. So it performs pretty well, although, as usual, the more powerful - the better. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Allen Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 The screen bounce is something to take into consideration. I have just bought an Asus TP500L ten point touch, to use with Light Factory, it was only $840 AUD, but has 360 degree flip, which makes it a 15.6 inch tablet, probably too big for a tablet, but the screen does not have any locking points so it bounces away from you. What I had to buy, as I ran out of money for a second touch screen, was a HP Pavilion 23tm which has 5 point touch and was $350 AUD. That has a solid tilt arm and no screen bounce, so good value for money. Could not find any on line documentation to state how many points of touch it had, but on every side of the box, it states five point touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Exclusive use? Or justification for purchasing a new general purpose laptop? If it was for exclusive use do you travel with a wing or fader bank of any description? If I was looking to have a "Lighting Desk" that was transportable with a touchscreen I would be looking towards an all in one PC with touchscreen over a laptop... or a tablet. If you are anything like me, you will probably end up wanting the screen a fair way back on the desk - reaching over to prod at the keyboard is a pain - so you bring along a bluetooth one... Same with the trackpad - that is next to useless if it is not in comfortable reach - so you either bring a mouse or a bluetooth trackpad. When you start to look at bringing a MIDI wing or control surface, a USB dongle or ethernet->DMX box of some description, keyboard and mouse, you are already looking at not throwing it in your bag, so small is not necessarily that big an issue now - may as well go with something that works - the all in ones are nice and sturdy... tablets on the other hand you can get some really great tablet mounts which will act far better than hinges on a laptop... If you operate everything with just a keyboard and mouse, I find that most of the small convertible options have really compromised keyboards, no numberpad and are just painful in general. That said, I have a surface pro 3 which I absolutely love - I even enjoy using the keyboard on it - might be an option worth looking in to... If I was setting up an AV company now, I would probably buy surfaces as my primary PCs (and MacBook Pros) - the upper models have really great specs, the screens are gorgeous and I could probably transport 10 or 15 in sleeves in my backpack without issue. It also has an active stylus pen which is a really handy addition when working with a touchscreen - better than trying to use a capacitive touch stylus (which has a fat end) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hi, look at the setup that I use. Its quite a rare machine but its ideal because its solid surface. http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=63076 and Logitech make a little combined wireless keyboard and trackpad which is ideal: http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/product/wireless-touch-keyboard-k400r?crid=26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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