On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings, > > I'll be in the market for a better laptop later this year, and I need > some specific features. > > I'd like to purchase a machine strong enough to handle my work with the > AVSynthesis software. My desktop boxes include 2.0 and 2.4 GHz CPUs, > with 3 and 2 GB memory, and they are not powerful enough for some of the > combined OpenGL/Csound realtime processing. I'll need a machine with a > very fast CPU (preferably 64-bit), large HD support, large RAM capacity, > and accelerated 3D-capable graphics. The on-board sound will be replaced > by an external device, preferably *not* a USB audio device. I want very > high-quality audio, and eventually I'll need support for multichannel > output. The display doesn't have to be humongous, just very clear. Make sure you buy from a vendor with a good return policy, in case you get one that can't do realtime due to SMM issues. It's almost impossible to rule this out ahead of time. Lee _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
