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On 09/02/2011 02:23 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:

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> 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.

Good experiences with Lenovo T61 here and Dell latitude (didn't test

this thing extensively with proaudio/firewire).

Also the Lenovo X series might be interesting for you.
\r
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