How are Rain Recording laptops?

[reminyc]

Hi,
I'm considering getting a Rain Recording laptop (http://rainrecording.com) for basic home recording using Pro Tools LE and I'm looking for some feedback from any current or past Rain Recording customers. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks!

[inverseroom]

You might check out ADK before going with Rain...they are much cheaper, pretty much the same price as identically spec'ed computers from major manufacturers. My laptop works great.

[reminyc]

Checking out their site now. Do you use an ADK laptop?

[inverseroom]

Yeah. Aside from some temperamental power-down issues, it has been absolutely solid for more than a year now. (The problem I'm referring to is, if you turn off the power or pull out the power jack before the power-down sequence is absolutely complete, it'll hibernate instead of turn off, draining the battery. A tad annoying, but once I understood what was happening, I stopped doing it that way.)

Scott who works there is a nice guy, and when you call tech support, a human answers the phone. Comes with a two-year warranty too.

Rain's products might well be good, I just thought I should recommend ADK.

[kronosonic]

Sonica is also a reputable place for audio computers along with ADK. You might have a look there too while you're shopping

http://www.shop-sonica.com/cat_livetracker_lite.cfm

[tonejunkee]

I would steer clear of anything not certified for PTLE. I have been down that road and it sucks

Recently, I upgraded to a system from TerraDigitalAudio and they are certified for Pro Tools. Also, they are very supportive and gave me an extra gig of RAM for free.

http://www.terradigitalaudio.com/tda/notebooks/