Barbie, If you already have CakeTalking, then take a look at the laptop keyboard layout commands and that will help you decide if you want to connect an external full-sized computer keyboard. Dave Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbie Elliott" <barbieelliott@xxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 14:55 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: laptop my primary daw is still going to be my desktop. Can sonar perform midi functions using laptop keys or do I need a second more portable music keyboard? -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nickus de Vos" <bigboy529@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 1:01 PM To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: laptop > > 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=subscribe > 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?subjectq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > > 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=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq 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=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq