did someone used a transtec pc with core duo processor? and is it as silent as a mac mini? or even better? thanks olaf Sebastian Moors schrieb: > Hi, > > Frank Barknecht schrieb: > >> Hallo, >> sh0099 hat gesagt: // sh0099 wrote: >> >> >> >>> hey i used a mac mini ... with a 1,83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. >>> >>> the good thing about this computer is the size and that the computer is >>> silent (i mean the fan). >>> >>> is there pc on the market with a similar size and which is similar silent? >>> >>> maybe already linux tested? >>> >>> >> Maybe take a look at the various Nettops that seem to be popping up lately: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettop >> >> Ciao >> >> > The nettops are not comparable to the mac mini since they are (mostly) > based on intel atom cpu's, which > are very slow compared to an intel core2duo. > > But if just size matters, the asus eetop (or whatever it is called now) > can be considered > as an alternative (but comes without an optical drive). > The MSI Wind Nettop for example (i've just installed one last week) is > as twice as big as the mac mini but very affordable and includes a > dvd-burner and big harddrive. > > If you're planing to use it for every-day audio work, you may want to > consider a more performant solution, like the transtec senyo 610 > (http://www.transtec.de/D/D/products/personal_computer/pc/mini_pc.html). > This device an be delivered with Suse Enterprise pre-installed, so it > can be considered as "linux tested" :) > > Btw, have you tried running a mac port of linux on your mac mini? I'm > running debian here on an old imac and it is very performant (compared > to OSX). > - Sebastian > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
