On Sun Jul 09, 2006 at 04:57:43PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: > 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. my ATI IXP based AMD64 works flawlessly on linux. even 3d accel is supported with the open drivers after hacking a line into drm_pciids.txt > > Ciao > -- > Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__ >
