And might add its also just as low latency as a pci card, even though logically you might think its slower, in practice I've found all my programs work the same, except I had to add an extra mouse buffer (from 2 to 3) in terminatorX, but pd and the other apps I use work the same if not better, and definitely the audio quality of the quattro is very nice, with the dac/adc exernal to the laptop case its really quiet. http://www.brianredfern.org On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Brian Redfern wrote: > I've found that the midiman quattro works really well with my laptop, so i > don't have to worry about its crummy soundcard. All you need to make sure > is that the laptop has standard usb ports, a fast (>= 700mghz processor), > and enough ram (>= 256megs). > > http://www.brianredfern.org > > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Ralf Haller wrote: > > > Hi Group, > > > > I am thinking of buying a notebok or subnotebook. However I don't know > > which one to get? > > > > Here are some requirements the notebook should meet: > > > > 1. Runnable with Linux (of course!) > > 2. Reasonable sound support (recording and playback at least) > > 3. jack and adour should be able to run > > 4. WLAN (either build in or via PC-Card) > > > > What notebooks do you use? What are your experiences? > > > > Any help or advice is appreciated. > > > > r@xxx > > > > > > > > > >