28 Mar
2003
28 Mar
'03
5:29 a.m.
hello
rev A powerbook g4 400 here. 2yrs old and going strong!
1. Runnable with Linux (of course!)
yep thats all i run on it.
2. Reasonable sound support (recording and playback at
least)
no recording built in (why /did/ apple do that??) but more recent
powerbooks do have the audio in again. Also the older g3 pbooks have
audio in + out. i have a vxpocket 2 pcmcia pro sound card - linux
drivers are working well for playback but not recording yet. Haven't
managed to get jack running with this card yet.
3. jack and adour should be able to run
yep - they work. adour gets a few xuns but i'm hoping i can fix this
when i finally get round to building a low latency kernel.
4. WLAN (either build in or via PC-Card)
airport card well supported under linux AFAIK (don't actually have one)
What notebooks do you use? What are your experiences?
its a really great piece of hardware - well made, looks cool, nice
screen, it will never run windows ME ;) There are some issues with
endianess in certain audio apps - but these often get fixed by the
developers once they know! or maybe you could fix them etc...
cheers
matthew