BrainModular

I thought i would start a thread for the best windows 8 laptop with a touchscreen.
I am interested in buying a windows laptop that is as powerful or more powerful than my macbook pro core i7 2.3 ghz
Any recommendations?

I'm interested in changing my laptop too. I'm looking for a touchscreen one, but I use a RME fireface sound device. So, I need a firewire port (or express card...). Any idea is welcome !

Acer laptop

This is a good laptop for a powerful touchscreen windows 8 machine

hi seamus!

that would be an interesting "machine":

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+15.6 ... Id=6906088

as far as i know, best buy does full refunds on laptops within 30 days of purchase..so might be worth a try..

i noticed, that there is quite some demand for multi-touch user interfaces. the big guys like ableton/reason/cubase totally lack multi-touch support and interface capabilities. usine should really put out some win8 multi-touch videos to push some sales

check this thread for instance:

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/76636-wind ... ibilities/

cheers,
marco

thanks iococoi to help us to promote Usine ( and you can answer Usine is not only a front-end... )
btw, you'll have soon some news about the next generation and you'll see that we ready for some multitouch comparison tests .

yesss, i know..but people tend to be afraid of modular audio environments to some extend ..so getting there via UI development might be a sensible approach to extend Usines user base ..

..keep those news coming.

im going to try and wait until this guy appears.

http://zenbook.asus.com/zenbook/

seamus wrote:im going to try and wait until this guy appears.

http://zenbook.asus.com/zenbook/

Obviously, capacitive touch is excellent!!!

Just few points . . .

1. It is not as slim as one would expect from ASUS home page. the real thickness of this PC here:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asu ... 246.0.html
bit different photos isn't it?
2. about this "incredible sound". I don't think this epithet make much sense for musicians. If you really think that in-built sound card is good enough, then you are lucky, if not - this extra is useless, but it $$$ of course.
3. the sam about about IPS panel. really good display technology, especial if you watching movies from distance and different angles. But again it does not make much sense if you it keep one meter distance. [fore example playing Usine]
4. Low end price anyway is very good, but how about configuration?
"possible configuration, we know that prices in the US will range from $699 at the low end all the way up to $2,000."
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/23/asus ... vs-u500vz/

LevraiBernardo wrote:I'm interested in changing my laptop too. I'm looking for a touchscreen one, but I use a RME fireface sound device. So, I need a firewire port (or express card...). Any idea is welcome !

I think you'll have to choose between touchscreen and your fireface 400 If not tell me your choice, I'm interested.

You're maybe right. Anyway, I've seen some touchscreen laptops with a Expresscard slot.
Another solution would be a USB 3.0 to firewire adaptor. I don't know if it exists...

I do have a touchscreen laptop with express card, but my RME did not work with it. So I got a babyface.

It could have been a problem with my unit. I have a Dell lattitude e6420. There are signs I may have a bad motherboard.

Don't know if you can still get one with a touchscreen, though, anyway.

I picked up an acer aspire v5 touch, and while its not crasy horse power (i5, 4gb,750gb) its descent, quite slim, got backlighted keys and descently priced ( got it for 740e) . the multitouch capacitive screen is exellent, support up to 10 poInts and works like a charm with usine. Very fast response and accuracy, much better than my desktop optical dell. If need portable power i guess asus is the way to go.. As i lready had a horsepowerdesktop, i personally chosen the liter cheaper way, and will use as a remote if not powerfull enough, but probably better for most to take a single powered laptop..
Anyway we enter atlast the affordable capacitive stuff! back to patching

23fx23 wrote:I picked up an acer aspire v5 touch, and while its not crasy horse power (i5, 4gb,750gb) its descent, quite slim, got backlighted keys and descently priced ( got it for 740e) . the multitouch capacitive screen is exellent, support up to 10 poInts and works like a charm with usine. Very fast response and accuracy, much better than my desktop optical dell. If need portable power i guess asus is the way to go.. As i lready had a horsepowerdesktop, i personally chosen the liter cheaper way, and will use as a remote if not powerfull enough, but probably better for most to take a single powered laptop..
Anyway we enter atlast the affordable capacitive stuff! back to patching

thanks for recommendation, will keep in mind . . .

Horrible Time To Buy a Laptop
http://gizmodo.com/now-is-a-horrible-ti ... -496028699

did somebody had a go with the Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon lately? it looks rather tempting with its 27" touchscreen..

http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/deskto ... on-27.aspx

not that portable though..

About Lenovo: Interesting, is it touchscreen or software that detect form of touch (I mean finger form, triangle, circle or even black and white areas)?

on the lenovo page it says:

27" LED 10-point multitouch panel (1920x1080) display, 16:9 widescreen

10-Point Multitouch Technology
All ten fingers can accurately interact with the screen at once, using simple, intuitive gestures for precise control with greater accuracy and flexibility.

the gesture capabilities are usually provided by a software/operating system, for instance in windows 8

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... 85%29.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... 85%29.aspx

you could however built your own gesture recognition by analyzing the raw output from the touchscreen..

..just saw this yesterday..looks promising

The new Dell Inspirion 7000 Series featuring a 10 Point Touch display..

The 7000 Series uses forged aluminum to make it strong and lightweight. All the notebooks in the 7000 Series also support 10-finger capacitive touch and have edge to edge Corning Gorilla Glass over the screen for durability.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Del ... 976.0.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-in ... eries.html

prices are quite ok. ~ 900€ for the 15" i7U 1TB 8GB model and as usual much cheaper (even with tax) in the US = $900 = €665.12 for the same setup..cmon

Thanks to share Iococoi , 10 points and cool features