[LAU] buying a new laptop

david gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Tue Sep 6 17:09:21 UTC 2011


Or System76, also Linux only. Ubuntu 11.04.

Christian Einfeldt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> You might want to consider getting a notebook fro Zareason.com, which 
> sells only Linux computers.
> 
> On Aug 30, 2011 11:48 PM, "Atte André Jensen" <atte at email.dk 
> <mailto:atte at email.dk>> 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 :-)
>  >
>  > --
>  > Atte
>  >
>  > http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk

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