On Tuesday 22 March 2011 00:57:19 Andrew C wrote: > Greetings all, > > I'm planning on ordering a laptop this weekend for writing music and > such while away from my desktop. > > Now, while I'm budgeting for around about 500 euro, my gut tells me > that I won't be getting fantastic hardware for that money. > "But wait Andrew! We don't know what you'll be using this for!" I hear > you say, so I'll just quickly outline what I plan on doing: > > In short, I don't need a tremendously amazing audio card, with high > quality mic preamps coming out its wazoo, as I'll be working > exclusively in the digital domain > (linuxsampler/bristol/zyn/yoshimi/ams) via an externel midi > controller. > In addition to that, I'd rather not have a windows OS pre-installed on > it, but rather it be powered by linux from the get go (ideally) or > just a hunk of pre-assembled hardware. > RAM I guess is a moot point, the more the better.... but 1GB would be > a minimum.. > > Should I provide more info, or is what I'm asking outside the range of > what's commercially available? (I dread the thought of having to build > a laptop from scratch, to be perfectly honest) For <500â you can get lower-range (new) laptops with suitable properties at least from hp (I am helping a friend buying one of those currently). Or you can get a netbook (dell and probably some other manufacturers have some with linux installed) that also does what you need. If you are unsure about whether the system can take the synth-load, ask Atte about his setup... In short: For that price range you can get about anything. Just ask the dealer (or the manufacturer) if it works with linux. If they can't say, don't buy. Have fun, Arnold
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