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fons@kokkinizita.net wrote:

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> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 06:38:48PM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:

>

>> and for the price difference to the pcie version, you can get a small

>> form factor pc (well, always), with decent disks and raid1.

> Yes. I tend to dislike using laptops for any serious work, but

> they are of course convenient.

Wouldn't it be nice if someone (TM) built a open source-driven portable

computer ready for audio with possibly decently priced?

I say 'portable computer' and not 'laptop' because I imagine something

maybe a bit bigger than a laptop but smaller than a desktop (like a

'fatter' i.e. higher laptop), a kind of hybrid, enabling for e.g. to fit

in at least a pci card and maybe a 5 inch hard disk (maybe even solid

state?)
Similar in a way to the indamixx but more focused on hardware....
I am not at all an hardware expert but my guess is that someone with the

right know-how (even a team) could whip up a pretty interesting machine?
But maybe this is pure fiction :)
Bests,

Lorenzo.

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> And a big part of the problem is indeed the mechanical side of

> the audio interfaces. Look at Cardbus, Expresscard, Firewire,...

> it's all so fragile. The cards stick out, moving the laptop could

> be enough to break something. As could someone pulling or just

> moving the cable accidentally. Firewire connectors are so tiny

> that the weight and/or stiffness of the cable is enough to break

> them, or the socket, or the PCB supporting the socket.

>

> SC optical interfaces (as used for MADI) would be nice on laptops

> - the cable is light and flexible, and if anything happens it's

> very likely the cable that will be broken. Which is much less of

> a problem than a laptop that you probably can just throw away.

>

> Ciao,

>

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