17 Jun
2005
17 Jun
'05
11:31 a.m.
Any recommendations for laptops? I'm looking at Toshiba and
Fujitsu-Siemens models around EUR1100. I'll mostly be doing synthesis,
eg ZynAddSubFX, and programming. I'll be using the built-in soundcard,
at least for now. I don't really care about battery life.
The main question is: Celeron v Pentium 4 v Pentium-M? I read where
Steve Harris wrote:
the Pentium M's are better for audio work (IMHO)
than
pentium 4's, due to better denormal handling, and can do more
clock-for-clock.
Is this true for Celeron-M as well (if it really exists)? Or should I
definitely, definitely avoid Celeron?
17 Jun
17 Jun
11:51 a.m.
James McDermott wrote:
Any recommendations for laptops? I'm looking at
Toshiba and
Fujitsu-Siemens models around EUR1100. I'll mostly be doing synthesis,
eg ZynAddSubFX, and programming. I'll be using the built-in soundcard,
at least for now. I don't really care about battery life.
The main question is: Celeron v Pentium 4 v Pentium-M? I read where
Steve Harris wrote:
i can't speak to the celeron issue, but i can definitely say that i am happy
with pentium-m. i initially brought home a 2.5GHz hyperthreaded pentium-4 machine (by hp)
-- performance was fine, but it was a big, heavy, NOISY beast. i switched to a 1.6GHz
pentium-m (by acer), and found it to be better able to handle my application load, and
much lighter and quieter.
for me, acer travelmate 4002WLMi, with RAM upgraded to 1Gb and HD
upgraded to 7200rpm, has been excellent.
ymmv...hth.
-p
the Pentium M's are better for audio work
(IMHO) than
pentium 4's, due to better denormal handling, and can do more
clock-for-clock.
Is this true for Celeron-M as well (if it really exists)? Or should I
definitely, definitely avoid Celeron?
4:46 p.m.
I am also interested in knowing what laptops work good w/ linux.
Looking especially at this one:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=NB-BA21533
19 Jun
19 Jun
10:40 a.m.
i can't speak to the celeron issue, but i can
definitely say that i am happy with pentium-m.
[...]
Thanks Peter...
Noah, I'm also now looking at an AMD64 system, in my case a Turion.
I'll let you know how it works out, if I buy it. I presume you've seen
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com, though they mostly have info on the
big names like Dell, Fujitsu, etc.
Is it at least safe to buy an AMD64 system and assume that the basics
(cpu, cd, disks, graphics) will work with the typical i386 builds from
(eg) Debian? (DeMuDi for me...)
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