22 Mar
2011
22 Mar
'11
9:22 a.m.
On Tuesday 22 March 2011 00:57:19 Andrew C wrote:
Greetings all,
I'm planning on ordering a laptop this weekend for writing music and
such while away from my desktop.
Now, while I'm budgeting for around about 500 euro, my gut tells me
that I won't be getting fantastic hardware for that money.
"But wait Andrew! We don't know what you'll be using this for!" I hear
you say, so I'll just quickly outline what I plan on doing:
In short, I don't need a tremendously amazing audio card, with high
quality mic preamps coming out its wazoo, as I'll be working
exclusively in the digital domain
(linuxsampler/bristol/zyn/yoshimi/ams) via an externel midi
controller.
In addition to that, I'd rather not have a windows OS pre-installed on
it, but rather it be powered by linux from the get go (ideally) or
just a hunk of pre-assembled hardware.
RAM I guess is a moot point, the more the better.... but 1GB would be
a minimum..
Should I provide more info, or is what I'm asking outside the range of
what's commercially available? (I dread the thought of having to build
a laptop from scratch, to be perfectly honest)
For <500€ you can get lower-range (new) laptops with suitable properties at
least from hp (I am helping a friend buying one of those currently).
Or you can get a netbook (dell and probably some other manufacturers have some
with linux installed) that also does what you need. If you are unsure about
whether the system can take the synth-load, ask Atte about his setup...
In short: For that price range you can get about anything. Just ask the dealer
(or the manufacturer) if it works with linux. If they can't say, don't buy.
Have fun,
Arnold