---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Justin Smith <noisesmith@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:50 PM Subject: Re: In search of a new laptop for audio - Firewire with Power-Out needed. To: Nils Gey <list@xxxxxxxxxx> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Nils Gey <list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, > > I try not to start some flamewar. Normally I can look up my hardware alone, but all the hardware-websites can't help me in one point: > > I need a laptop which is able to power my Firewire-Interface (Terratec Phase X24) over Firewire. Do you know if something like this exists? All my laptops in the past (2) were not able to do that. Both had only a "small" firewire-interface. > > Nils > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > I have a mac g3 (white not clamshell picure here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ibook12.jpg ) that has a full power firewire port and runs a stripped down up to date debian system quite smoothly, with low latency on the builtin sound card. I could be wrong, but I always thought that the full size firewire plugs were powered and the smaller ones were not. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
