CrunchGear

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this would be a decision to make, aspire one vs msi wind vs dell e

For both the Acer AspireOne, and the MSI Wind (and any other UMPC’s you have access to) I would very much appreciate a test of how well they can deal with recording and/or processing multitrack audio and compatibility with variou USB audio interfaces.

I would not expect UMPC’s to perform as well for pro audio purposes as a desktop or purpose built laptop. But, if they can handle e.g., a 2 in 2 out (or even 4 in 4 out) USB 2.0 audio/MIDI interface from e.g., M-Audio or Tascam and allow simultaneous playback of e.g., 4 tracks while recording 2, a UMPC would make a great portable studio. Also, can a UMPC handle playback of software based samplers via MIDI with reasonably low latency?

I haven’t seen anyone investigate this use case with a UMPC yet.

Please advise if the machine can take designing program such as realtime landscape architect and Google sketchUp. Also what about multimedia programs?