MusicXPC Pro M5x Laptop Computer
The MusicXPC Pro M5x Laptop is the big brother of the Pro M5 computer, giving you a second gig of DDR2 667 RAM and 40 GB more hard drive space to work with. Just like its sibling the Pro M5x Laptop is a high-powered computer specifically built for speed, durability, and mobility. It's perfect for musicians who need a professional-level studio that's mobile. The Pro M5x computer's beautiful, sleek design, coupled with its overwhelming power and speed makes it an ideal companion for busy music producers constantly moving between studio and home. The Pro M5x laptop runs quietly thanks in part to the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU with 2GB of DDR2 667 RAM [expandable to 4GB] which gives it blazing speed with less heat.The MusicXPC Pro M5x was specially modified for music production, allowing it to run large projects in Cubase, ProTools, Sonar, Reason, and other studio programs with no lag. It has a 160GB 7, 200rpm 8MB cache hard drive giving you plenty of space for saving your work, and a 15.4" WXGA wide angle, non-glare screen that gives you visibility even at off-axis points of view. It also allows you to operate your production schedule with the peace of mind that comes from one of the most reliable backup and restoration utilities available. Besides being a solid performer with music software, the Pro M5 has everything you'd expect from a mainstream laptop, like USB 2.0, FireWire, Wireless LAN, PC Card Slot, Gigabit LAN, 8X DVD+/-RW DVD-ROM, and much more. Some of these key features are discussed in more detail below.8X Dual Layer DVD Optical Drive This great laptop ships with an 8X CD/DVD+/-RW recordable optical drive that does it all - whip through CD authoring tasks or quickly make backups of your audio projects to dual-layer DVD discs. The drive records data up to 4.7GB per side on DVD media and supports all kinds of formats: DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD-RAM, CD-R, CD-RW. The Super-Multi also reads most DVD and CD formats, including DVD+R/+RW. Buffer Under-run Protection and UltraDMA support ensure fast, reliable writing every time.Silent Operation The Pro M5x would not be a MusicXPC if it didn't have components carefully selected to generate the whisper quiet operation music producers desire, deserve, and demand. Each generation of computing technology kicks it up a notch with respect to speed in all areas, and this speed comes with a price - heat. To keep things cool, most computers utilize fans which only brings with them an army of noise. The Pro M5x's hard drive has SoftSonic FDB motors which deliver virtually inaudible operating acoustics. A heat-pipe on the CPU conducts heat away from using simple convection so everything remains quiet.Tested and True The MusicMPX engineer's load the latest versions ProTools, SONAR, Nuendo and other top-shelf music production software on their systems in a never-ending quest to optimize performance within both the applications and the OS. The Pro M5x is he