Is there anyone with experience using MS surface laptop5 16Gb with Reaper and Komplete14 ultimate?

Er_68
Er_68 Member Posts: 2 Newcomer
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I have a 6year old Medion desktop i7 64Gb with AMD radion 2Gb and Philips pfl 34" monitor.

The main issue I have is black/white/red/blue screen issues apoearing randomly and not specifically related to using music productions.

Therefore I am thinking of replacing my desktop.

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  • Vocalpoint
    Vocalpoint Member Posts: 3,075 Expert
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    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/36973/is-there-anyone-with-experience-using-ms-surface-laptop5-16gb-with-reaper-and-komplete14-ultimate

    The Surface series are designed for business use. They lack power (CPU and Memory for DAW work) in favor of battery saving, compact design and other attributes that make it easy to go from meeting to meeting.

    They also lack connectivity if you want to plug "music" stuff in. The new 11th gen has just two USB ports. And no Ethernet either. Not even sure if the Snapdragon CPU in these is even supported for typical music software.

    You would be better off with a new desktop - or if you really want get smaller - move over to a Mac Studio/MacBook etc.

    VP

  • Er_68
    Er_68 Member Posts: 2 Newcomer

    Thanks for your reply VP.

    I was also considering Dell laptop G15 which is for gaming but appears to be quite suitable for music I think.

    Anyway, my current situation is that I found some information on the internet stating the videocard can interfer with the screen performance generating the issues I descibed above. I therefore switched off the AMD Adrenaline video card (2Gb RAM), and voila all works well again.

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