Hi i would go for atleast a 2.5 Ghz dual core pentium processor with 3 or 4 gb ram. Operating system i would go for windows 7, atleast home premium and not 64 bit unless its a machine with atleast 6 gb ram. If this would be your main daw a big hard drive would help and firewire ports would be nice as most of the bigger sound cards run with firewire and not usb. A computer depends a lot on budget so look around and feel free to ask me again if you have quistions after shopping around. -original message- Subject: [ddots-l] laptop From: "Barbie Elliott" <barbieelliott@xxxxxxx> Date: 13/12/2010 19:56 Hi listers, I'm planning to purchase my first laptop this Christmas. Any reccomendation for running sonar with caketalking? What specs should I try to look for etc? Thanks in advance Barbie PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject�q or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq