On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 10:22 -0700, Ken Restivo wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 05:09:51PM +0200, Lars Luthman wrote: > > I'm thinking about getting a laptop, and of course I want one that I can > > run jackd and friends on with reasonable performance. I really don't > > know much about hardware in general and laptops in particular, so I was > > wondering if anyone had any advice. This is what I'm looking for: > > > > * Mainboard / sound / CPU etc working well with recent RT-patched > > kernels. > > > > * S/PDIF out, at least 16 bits, 48kHz, stereo. Inputs are not > > important, ADC/DAC quality is not important. > > > > * DVD+-RW burner. > > > > * jackd running without xruns with ~10ms latency (when using S/PDIF > > out at 48kHz). > > > > * Room for plenty of RAM (at least 2 GB). > > > > * Not too expensive ( < 1000???). > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Don't get the one I have (ASUS Z96F). It's a nice machine, easily-expandable, > and it was a great price, but the interrupt routing really sucks for audio: > way too many shared interrupts. Most of the Intel Core 2 Duo "Napa" based > motherboards (i.e. Mac Mini) seem to have similar interrupt-sharing > limitations. They also have the miserable hda-intel sound chip. OK, thanks for the advice on what not to get. I realise that I probably have to get an USB or Firewire box if I want decent analog ins and outs, but if all I need is S/PDIF out at 48kHz, surely there must be one laptop that would work OK with the builtin sound? Is no one running Linux audio software (succesfully) on a laptop without external soundcards? > I wish there were an online database of /proc/interrupts, lspci, and dmiinfo > output for all laptops. That would be very useful. --ll
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