Introducing the four horsemen of the digital recording apocalypse: the four Intel processors of the Rain Recording Quad-Core Diablo LiveBook. The Quad-Core Diablo is the first mobile recording computer to make use of an Intel Core 2 Quad processor; up to a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Quad 12MB / 1066MHz (Centrino 2 "Montevina") is available as an option on the new Diablo LiveBook.

Of course, the CPU always gets the first look, but the rest of the Diablo's specs complete an nearly irresistible package. Up to 8GB DDR3 Dual Channel SODIMM (Sodom?!?) RAM is available, and a dual-hard drive build comes standard, allowing for the designation of one "boot" drive and one "archive" drive. No partitioning going on here.

No "recording laptop" would dare come to the game without sufficient I/O, and the Diablo makes like an obsessive boy scout going for his "mariner" badge when it comes to port-options:

• 1 x eSATA Port
• 3 x USB 2.0 Ports
• 3 x FireWire Ports (w/ TI Chipset on PCI Express Card)
• 1 x PCI Express Card Slot
• 1 x Card Reader (SD / MMC / MS / MS-Pro)
• 1 x HDMI
• 1 x VGA (External Display)
• 1 x Headphone Out
• 1 x Mic In
• 1 x RJ45 (Ethernet)
• 1 x Biometric Fingerprint Scanner

All that muscle is nice, but if you're still one for luxurious extras, you'll dig the Diablo's 2.0 megapixel integrated webcam, integrated Wi-Fi and BlueTooth connectivity and gorgeous 17" WUXGA widescreen (1920 x 1200) display. The ATI Radeon MR HD3870 graphics card with 512MB DDR3 makes this LiveBook equally adept at running cutting-edge PC games as it is at processing massive audio projects -- it wouldn't be Diablo without a little temptation, now would it?

You can custom-order your Quad-Core Diablo LiveBook directly from Rain Recording. Prices start at $3999.00 US, though I'm sure some other "deal" can be worked out.