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| Author: | dfblem1 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Going Mobile. |
Hey everybody, Hope all is well! I'm will be relocating to London for a 6 months to a year project. I plan on bringing my Kinects with me but, I will have to get a laptop. I was wondering if any of you recommend any that is capable of running with a dual Kinect setup. I'm thinking of getting this; http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-17-3-l ... b=overview Thanks in advance! David |
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| Author: | CManson [ Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Going Mobile. |
Slow hard drive (5400 RPM) I assume the x4 USB 3.0 connections is two different buses, but who knows with laptops Would check to see if it has an open HD slot to add a SSD drive, if so (other than crappy WIN 8, doesn't look too bad). |
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| Author: | dfblem1 [ Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Going Mobile. |
Thanks CManson! Replacing the HD is the First thing I'm going to do and it does have an extra HD slot where I will place a high performing Drive (to use for IPI and etc). As for the USB ports, I'm sure they are on separate buses (will be shocked if they are not) But, I will find out before buying. Out of the box, Windows 8 isn't great but, once I installed Classic Shell (http://sourceforge.net/projects/classicshell/), I have been very happy ever since. Cheers! David |
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| Author: | djtaylor [ Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Going Mobile. |
It seems quite common for laptops to use one USB host controller for the ports connected to the laptop and to reserve the other USB host controller for interfacing to a docking station. At least that's what happens with two of my laptops. If I want to use 2 x Kinects, I have to attach the laptop to the docking station in order to utilise both USB controllers, not a big issue but something to bear in mind, you may want to check and buy the docking station if so. For convenience, I then use the eSATA port to capture to, since that means it's very simple to then plug that drive into the desktop PC for processing. |
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| Author: | Greenlaw [ Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Going Mobile. |
Just to add to the above, if you use USB, try to get a laptop that supports USB 3.0. You'll appreciate the extra bandwidth for the Kinect devices and drive. If you can get an SSD for the capture drive, even better--check the specs of the drive though to be sure you're actually getting a faster performing drive. Not all SSD's are built for faster performance. Also, if you use SSD, bear in mind that they degrade over frequent usage, so you'll want to off-load your data to hard drive shortly after capture. I'm not currently shooting mobile, but I do record our motions to an SSD and then move the data to a regular hard drive before tracking it. G. |
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