However, for music production sessions you will still want to use a good set of studio monitors or high-end headphones. The two front facing speakers have been vastly improved from the earlier models and you get decent sound from this thin laptop. However, with only 512GB of storage space, you might want to get your trusty old external hard drive out to extend this laptops storage space.
You also get a superfast 512GB SSD which will allow you to launch your software and sessions faster than traditional hard drives. You also get an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card that will allow you to play any current game while you take a break from working on a track.
Other than the display, you still get the same powerful Intel Core i7-6700HQ processor and 16GB of DDR4 RAM. The Razer Blade RZ09-01952E72-R3U1 is one of Razer’s latest offerings and boasts powerful specs for a slightly lower price as it comes with a Full-HD display instead of a QHD touchscreen display.
Granted they do mainly work with FL Studio, however their Blade laptops will easily run Pro Tool, Cubase or Abelton Live. Razer are well known in the gaming world, but few people actually know that they have made a push into the world of audio with Razer Music. But it is nice to know that you can listen to your tracks while on the go, or from the comfort of your sofa. Now ASUS promises great audio from the tuned speakers, however most of you will probably use a set of good studio monitors or a decent pair of headphones while working. You get a great selection of ports which include a superfast USB 3.1 Type-C port.
For that ASUS have also fitted a 1TB HDD which will offer you ample storage space.
However, 128GB is tiny for today’s standards and this drive is not meant for storing all of your sessions. To ensure that you can boot into Windows and launch all of your software in seconds, ASUS have fitted this laptop with a 128GB SSD. This i5 processor scores slightly higher than the one used in the latest MacBook Pro and offers four cores compared to the MacBook’s two cores. The ASUS VivoBook N552VX-FY304T fits our criteria as it boasts a powerful Intel Core i5-6300HQ processor and 12GB of RAM. We know that spending over £1000 on a laptop can be a bit much for some users, so we have a great laptop that offers powerful hardware for an attractive price.
So continue reading for our selection of five great alternatives to the MacBook Pro. Regardless of the two operating systems, most of the popular audio and recording software’s have been released for both platforms. This includes in a studio running the pricy Avid S6 console and a Mac Pro. This is simply not the case, I have seen Pro Tools crash top spec Macs more than a dozen times last year alone.
Some sound engineers and producers have said that they prefer to work on a MacBook Pro as Mac OS never crashes. So, now might be a good time to look at a powerful Windows alternative to run your favourite audio based software. It comes as no surprise that the latest MacBook Pro was met with disappointment, as it has had its share of issues and the lack of everyday ports is a massive inconvenience. However, for the price of a powerful MacBook Pro you can get a Windows based laptop that offers far more in the features department. When it comes to music production most people’s first thought would be to grab MacBook Pro over a Windows based laptop.