Laptop recommendations

Wassup fellow MPC 1000 users. I'm gonna be picking up a new laptop soon. At first I was gonna get a normal PC but due to space issues, a laptop is the next best thing. Are there any laptops out there that can work well with an MPC? Thanks.

All laptops with a USB connection can work with new (0.5k, 1k, 2.5k) MPCs. What MPC you got? What you want your laptop to do?

I have an MPC 1000. I wanted to use a laptop to download video game music and sample them to make beats. Is that even possible?

you dont need a laptop for that! but yes it is. anything is possible. I roll with a macbook pro dually.
give us more info on what your trying to do and we might be able to answer you better.

Okay basically I want to make music two ways: with a laptop and from vinyl. With the laptop (which I will pick up soon) I want to download video game music like "Mario Bros.", "Street Fighter" or "Sonic the Hedgehog", transfer them onto my MPC, and chop them up to make an original beat as well as ripping imported CD audio. And the vinyl you already know, so I don't think I need to get into that. I'm just looking for a laptop that can do that. I hope I answered clearly, if not I apologize.

any laptop made within the last 5 years can easily do that. the real thing you need to be looking at is what interface you plan on using. What DAW? how much ram will you need? standard firewire ports necessary? are you a PC or Mac?

macbook pro or macbook if you wana run some audio applications later. pc's arent as good for that kinda stuff as macs are.

thier both equally well for what your sayin, but i would definetly go for a mac if your tryin to multitrack your beats out and such.

if your trying to chop your samples in your computer, i would think about a pc tho cause it has soundforge and imo that is the best audio chopper on the market, but you could also use recylcle on the mac or bias peak. that is only if you wana exclusively make your beats on the mpc and not have any computer integration unless your importing your samples.

Mac Powerbook G4...plus it comes with a great DAW

be warned...
apple hardware isn't that well designed these days. i have a macbook pro and it has introduced a SERIOUS amount of noise, interference, etc. into my setup.
it's something to do with the way they earth it. every time i plug in anything via usb which has it's own earth (my mpc for example), i get horrible noise. it gets really really bad when i hook up an external monitor too.
google it and you'll see i'm not alone.

mister k wrote:be warned...
apple hardware isn't that well designed these days. i have a macbook pro and it has introduced a SERIOUS amount of noise, interference, etc. into my setup.
it's something to do with the way they earth it. every time i plug in anything via usb which has it's own earth (my mpc for example), i get horrible noise. it gets really really bad when i hook up an external monitor too.
google it and you'll see i'm not alone.

Earth = Ground? I took that as being a european thang.

yeah, sorry mate.
ground is called earth in the UK

mister k wrote:be warned...
apple hardware isn't that well designed these days. i have a macbook pro and it has introduced a SERIOUS amount of noise, interference, etc. into my setup.
it's something to do with the way they earth it. every time i plug in anything via usb which has it's own earth (my mpc for example), i get horrible noise. it gets really really bad when i hook up an external monitor too.
google it and you'll see i'm not alone.

what are you talking about? This isnt a Apple issue, this is with ALL laptops. There are power conditioners that will remove the noise.