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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Manchester" data-source="post: 39376" data-attributes="member: 82">Re: NEW laptop computer suggestions...My &quot;road&quot; laptop is a $330 walmart compaq I actually bought one night when I was doing a week long theater gig out of town. It runs plenty of freeware audio and document processing software with no problems. A $60 Lexicon interface and the built in CD burner works just fine for basic board recordings. I&#039;m usually a proponent of fixing things when they break, but all of the computers I have owned have been such a pain in the ass to repair I opted to get something disposable for when it gets rained on or run over by a forklift. That being said, as worn out and beat to he&#039;ll as it was, my previous laptop, a used panasonic toughbook CF28 was absolutely indestructible. If I had the need or disposable income, I would get a new one of those. My iPhone handles so much of my computing needs anymore, the laptop has become secondary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Manchester, post: 39376, member: 82"] Re: NEW laptop computer suggestions... My "road" laptop is a $330 walmart compaq I actually bought one night when I was doing a week long theater gig out of town. It runs plenty of freeware audio and document processing software with no problems. A $60 Lexicon interface and the built in CD burner works just fine for basic board recordings. I'm usually a proponent of fixing things when they break, but all of the computers I have owned have been such a pain in the ass to repair I opted to get something disposable for when it gets rained on or run over by a forklift. That being said, as worn out and beat to he'll as it was, my previous laptop, a used panasonic toughbook CF28 was absolutely indestructible. If I had the need or disposable income, I would get a new one of those. My iPhone handles so much of my computing needs anymore, the laptop has become secondary. [/QUOTE]

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