2 Feb
2008
2 Feb
'08
5:40 a.m.
Hi Paul,
1) the keyboard would take a LOT of getting used to -
it's soooo
small!
That is actually not an issue. I thought it would be but once it sits on you
lap it's very confi and the keys are quite good. The only 'issue' is that
going back to a regular desktop/laptop makes you feek you're in front of a
boat :)
2) the display model in the store had a glitchy,
intermittent trackpad
button. I'm sure it took a lot of abuse in the past month or so it's
been there, but that's still not encouraging.
I didn't have any real issue with the trackpad itself. Mind you I am a
person that loves to use keyboard shortcuts and tabbing between apps so I
might be biases there. The only thing I do not like however is the mouse.
The action is not very nice, a but too hard (right click especially) but as
I said, I'm not using it too much so it's not a bug deal either
3) Does ALSA support USB 2.0 devices yet? (There's
no firewire port,
so BeBob is irrelevant). I'd like to get decent (well under 10 ms)
latency at 2 channels in/out for use in live performances, and
possibly higher channel count at higher latency for use as an
ultraportable Ardour box :-) Something like the M-audio Fast Track
Ultra would be nice - iff it works with alsa! But I'd need MIDI too
to hook up foot controllers. The Edirol FA66 would be perfect - but
it's firewire.
Yes it does. I did Audacious -> Tapco usb interface -> Active Monitor and
had zero problem. Sounded nice & clear.
Hope this helps
Marc