2-in-1 Laptop for Gig Performer (Nov 2025)

General discussion about Gig Performer
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Hi,

I wonder what readers here might think of the suitability of this machine for Gig Performer -

Samsung 16” Galaxy Book5 Pro 360Copilot+ PC, AI Business Laptop, Windows 11 Pro, Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 258V, 3K AMOLED Touchscreen, 32GB / 1TB, 120HZ, 2025 Model NP964QHA-KG2US, Gray

I like the features here for gigging, esp. the 2-in-1 design, 16’ screen size, and good battery life.

Possible concern: 4 P cores (is that enough?)

Anyone who has recently bought, is currently looking, or has any relevant knowledge, please comment. Thanks!

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What do you use GP for? (Are you keyboardist or guitarist or sound, etc.).

As a keyboard player (using sample libraries as well as soft synths), I do not like the 32 GB cap on ram. (Assuming my quick research is correct).

(Turbo) CPU speed seems okay to me.

See if anyone reports issues with overheating/throttling and of course the dreaded DPC Latency.

We’ll see what more knowledgeable people say…..

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Primary live use is MIDI Guitar 3 driving guitar effects and layers of synthesizers or sampled instruments.

Ideally could run DAW or similar software simultaneously w/o any glitches, but if necessary could have backing pre-rendered into .wav files.

Good point about RAM for samples. I’m often creating rigs with synths and in that case have had no worries about RAM for samples so far. However, I am also starting to blend in NI Kontact and so I may run into RAM limitations that I did not encounter before.

Trade-offs that must be made in today’s market center around 2-in-1 design, touchscreen, screen size (e.g. 16” or larger), and 64 GB RAM. Haven’t yet turned up a machine with all 4.

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IMHO, battery life should not be an issue. It should always be plugged in.

Actually, I do not want anything that prioritizes preserving battery (or other similar “efficiency” concerns) over power.

I would think 4 performances cores might be just enough (disclaimer, I don’t know much). (I have more cores than I can use with my rig).

I think you mostly use 1 performance core (a single thread of a single core). Maybe some plugins use their own cores and if you use multiple instances of GP, you can take advantage of more cores.

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