![]() ![]() Just how far Pro Tools on Windows laptops has come was reinforced recently when I was mixing a 26-part series in 5.1. Now you can get off-the-shelf MacBook Pro beating performance and user serviceability/upgradeability for far less money than an equivalent Apple device. As my review of the Dell Inspiron Windows Laptop showed, the introduction of USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 to Windows laptops has completely reversed this situation. This in my opinion is where there has been the biggest change in the Windows DAW experience. It does require extra software to read HFS, but then Macs also need software to write to NTFS drives properly.” “My system can read and write to NTFS, FAT, exFAT and HFS. This combined with the fast DDR4 RAM brings completely stability in performance to an already solid system The NVME M2 drive having over five times the speed of the already zippy SATA3 SSDs makes using Windows entirely effortless and incredibly slick. Indeed I have only made one major change to my core system in four years, which was to install my operating system on to a NVME M2 SSD and upgrade my RAM to 32GB. I have plenty of power outlets within the case, so I don’t have to mess around with Y-connectors or worry about my PSU capabilities.”Īgain, this is still the case. I have enough PCIe slots to fit whatever GPU I wish and still fit a BlackMagic video card and Audio DSP cards should I wish to. “On a Windows system, USB actually runs pretty quickly, and is more reliable than FireWire. This is because of all the other connection possibilities available and the availability of rock solid drivers as mentioned earlier. ![]() Despite specifying my current system with dual Thunderbolt 2 (a rarity on Windows systems), I really haven’t used it an awful lot. ![]() Indeed I can simply and cheaply upgrade my system to these two standards with a sub £100 card. This is still the case, though you can now add USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 to that list. These are all industry standard connections, so you have an incredible choice of hardware.” “Windows systems can use the following connections – PCIe, USB2, USB3, USB3.1, Thunderbolt 2, Firewire 400 & 800, Serial, VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP, M2, SATA, the list goes on and on. ![]()
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