1 May
2010
1 May
'10
6:45 p.m.
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:11 AM, Peiman Khosravi <peimankhosravi(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I am thinking of replacing my macbook pro with a desktop. What's more, I
would like to try a linux system this time. Not only to save money but also
because I use less and less commercial stuff every day (ardour, csound and
audacity are my main applications).
In the USA,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=31
you can find various "kits" to build computer from parts w/o paying for MS
Windows. ALso they sell various manufacturers like Visionman
http://www.visionman.com/ and Cybertron http://www.cybertronpc.com/ that
sell computers w/o any OS installed.
If you want to build one that's quieter, consider putting together your own
from powersupply/case suggested at
http://www.silentpcreview.com/ . You potentially get better reliability as
the power supply is usually skimped-on in low-cost PCs. There are companies
that sell overpriced music PC's: http://www.rainrecording.com/
http://www.sweetwater.com/creation_station/ ... not clear what advantage
these would provide...
I'm planning on recovering an asus matx mobo and amd opteron 1212 dual
core (overclocks to 2.8G easy) from a server i'm upgrading into my portable
music computer (laptop died, only have desktops now). I'll be using a case
like http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1320&ID=1428 or
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1033-page1.html ...
I too am and will be running the awesome PlanetCCRMA distro (
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/ ).
Niels
http://nielsmayer.com