AW: laptop setup - which rack to use

["Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de>]

Hey Per,

first: I assume the peli cases are the ones you brought to y2k6loopfest?

the rack vs. a quick setup: apart from the cables connected issue (which,
dependant on which way I go with outboard gear and interfaces, might end up
with a dozen connections within the rack (not counting in power wiring),
which still sums up to like 10 minutes and less problems with cable
failures.

However, the idea here started with the fact that I don't like laptops that
much if I can work around it, for several reasons:
1. mechanical stability (while the "computer" part of the laptop might stay
ok if it drops from your table to the floor, you risk some jacks getting
broken or damage to the display).
2. less flexibility than a normal computer
3. price

Of course, lugging around a normal computer desktop or tower case doesn't
make that much sense, so the solution: 19'' rack case. Now if I have this
case, why not put the other rack-mountable gear in a rack?

The FireStudio looks like a cool idea as well, especially as this big thing
with 8 micpres costs about the same as a Fireface400. Still, it doesn't 
have
standalone mixer capabilities, does it?

        Rainer