On 08/31/2011 08:47 AM, Atte André Jensen wrote: > Hi > > My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new one > quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on experiences or) > advices to this end, here are a few thoughts: > > 1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible (I run arch) > > 2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite happy with. > Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are hard to find. I could get > an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling that it's not gonna perform as > well (low latency, stability) as firewire, it that correct? Plus it's > annoying to throw away (or sell) a perfectly good, stable soundcard that > suits my needs, just because of the port type... > > 3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight, long-battery-life laptop. > > 4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a 2Ghz > dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's more than > enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had the feeling the two > cores provides a snappier feeling, would others agree? Besides that I > don't need the speed I have now. > > Options (I can think of): > > I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12" > display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times > (bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my > general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality, > it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so... > > Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new processors, both > the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they > perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone > here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would > have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-( > > Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-) > My 2¢ if you'd buy 2nd hand: Dell D430. Bit old but it does have a dual-core CPU and onboard FireWire (Ricoh, but it does work afaict). Build like a tank and relatively cheap, you can get them for €300,- with warranty. Best, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
