[linux-audio-user] laptop alternatives

[Russell Hanaghan]

Brian Redfern wrote:

>It seems that the little "lunch box" form factor with a flat screen
>monitor is really portable but has the advantage of giving you control
>over the kinds of hardware you're using, as opposed to a laptop where
>you're at the manufacturer's mercy.
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>I would think that your safest bet would be to convert a mac power book
>into a PPC linux machine, but building a little linux lunchbox machine
>would still be a lot cheaper than forking out $2000 for a powerbook, but
>that's still better than spending $850 on a paper weight.
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If you have a cheap laptop spare...

I did the ATX small form factor with Delta 1010LT and I run X-Win32 from 
Win xp on the laptop to control the box as a headless...but I already 
had the spare laptop.

R~