[LAU] buying a new laptop

[rosea grammostola]

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

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