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On Wednesday 31 August 2011 09:08:54 david wrote:

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> Atte Andr=C3=A9 Jensen wrote:

> > 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...

> I hear very good things about ThinkPads. They seem to be quite durable

> and perform well. You should check to see if its Firewire chipset has

> Linux support, though.

++ on the thinkpads.
There are also Dells sold with linux onboard and the Fujitsu-Siemens of my=

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mother also looks stable and runs perfectly with linux.
There are less and less laptops with firewire builtin, you should look for =

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pcmcia/pccard slot on your next laptop and get a firewire-card for that=20

(10-20=E2=82=AC).
> > Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new processors, both

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> > 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 :-(

There are netbooks that are capable of audio (not a full-fledged 24 track=20

ardour session but still). The atoms also did the same transition as deskto=

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cpus from single core to single-core-with-hyper-threading to dual-core whic=

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the newest generations is (or is it not yet released?).
> I've never seen a netbook with Firewire, though, I kind of doubt you're

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> going to find any.

People want low energy and long battery-lifetime. And still they want fast=

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cpu, large memory, large and fast disks and all the juice from sata, usb(1|=

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3), dvi, hdmi, sd-cards, wifi-n, bluetooth and wwan. Asking for an addition=

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firewire is a but to much for the little boards and machines. And it drives=

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production costs for a feature that is not as wide-spread (sadly). Not to=20

mention that bus-power for your firewire will drain the battery...
Going for a real notebook instead of a netbook will give you only a bit low=

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battery but a bigger screen and firewire (directly or indirectly).
Have fun,
Arnold
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