fruity@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > julien lociuro wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> First of all, thanks for your answers concerning the firebox audio card. >> I'm planning to buy a laptop for audio work. I do not care about >> graphics, etc..only audio. >> Is it worthy to buy a Mac Book pro? Has anyone ever worked with this >> machine? >> I see that a linux can be installed on it. Is this recommended? Has >> anyone worked with the Mac OSX? >> Can we directly install linux apps on it as it is unix-bases os? (with >> some additional libs?) >> >> Also, my concern is that it really costs a lot..in europe, 1800€ for >> the basic model (15" monitor). >> With that money, isn't it better to buy another great laptop? >> >> Also, is there any problem with laptops and linux? How can I be sure >> linux could installed on it..(graphic card, processor, firewire..) >> >> Advices welcome!! >> >> Thank you very much. >> >> -- >> julien >> > Hi to everyone ( and happy begining of 2008 :) ), > > I suggest you to go for a dual core machine, I ignore if the powerbook > has dual|quad core cpu, or to go for a amd64 dual core ( with 32bit > system, I have one with 64bit debian stable eventually tweaked, I do > live webradio with it ). > Don't forget to have a sata hardrive, ide are too slow and you will get > grey hairs to understand why jack, for example, give xruns when you > extend or move windows or if you are coping|browsing files locally. > I don't know wich model or trademarks to suggest you:(other than ibm > thinkpad), but if you find some, paste them in this thread and I will > tell you if the specifics sounds good ( traking chipset bugs on google ) > > Ciao > (and sorry for my bad english) > > q^c^p > > > Sorry thunderbird replied privately and not the the list, Read the answer above ( sorry julien ) :) , dual cores and sata drives are the thing you should go for, and minimum 1 giga's of ram ( I would point a thinkpad ). http://www.pc.ibm.com/uk/notebook/3000.html http://www5.pc.ibm.com/uk/products.nsf/Products?openagent&brand=Thinkpad&series=ThinkPad+T+Series Googling a bit there are some issue on performance while the wireless card is in use(it get overheated) so you should do a little research about it ( most of them have the intel 3945 and if you really need it I would opt for a pcmcia (there are issues with different chipsets for wireless against low latency kernels). Again, happy starting of 2008 \o)/o/ \o/ | | |_ /\ /\ / _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
