Hallo, oz hat gesagt: // oz wrote: > I have sympathy for a new notebook with AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core > cpu. It would open some new possibilities, like virtualization > (pacifica, xen etc.), pure AMD64 Debian arch, other 32-bit OS' and - > and that is the question - good realtime-audio performance? I would say be careful with AMD laptops and Linux. Intel machines tend to be much better supported because there are open source drivers for the other parts inside these machines like WLAN, gfx card (if it's Intel) etc. while AMD laptops often use NVidia chipsets and gfx cards or similar stuff by ATi for which you need to install binary drivers sometimes, that may mess up other things like power management in strange ways. 64bit isn't that important for audio anyways. Getting a laptop to run flawlessly is hard enough, don't make it harder on yourself by buying hardware without open source drivers. Ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
