12 Sep
2006
12 Sep
'06
1:53 a.m.
On Mon Sep 11, 2006 at 09:17:31PM -0600, Arthur Moore wrote:
I'm looking at getting a new laptop for audio
production (current
system is pentium IIIM 1.3Ghz, 512 M memory, 5200 RPM hard drive,
Presonus Firepod running with FreeBob , not really cutting it). I'm
wondering what people's opinions about the Intel dual core vs. an
AMD64 bit processor, both with 2GB of memory, and a 100GB 7200 RPM
hard drive. From my limited understanding the dual core is like a dual
processor (maybe?) running in parallel. It seems to me that the dual
core would be better than the AMD64 for audio production.
they arent mutually exclusive. there are dual-core AMD64 chips, in mobile and desktop
versions (mainly the voltage is different), ad there arr dual-core Core2Duo chips, which
are intel's version of amd64.
generally the intel chipsets have much better linux drivers, for the time being.
especially wrt video, wireless, etc
Art