Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Laptops of choice?
From: Nick D (nixx_AT_nixx.org.uk)
Date: Sat Mar 09 2002 - 17:53:01 EET
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 17:59:22 -0500
Paul Winkler <pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 08:17:49PM +0000, Nick D wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Im looking at buying a laptop soon to use as my main system (im gonna be on the move etc.. so gotta leave the desktop behind ;-/ ) and I'm quite tempted by an iBook / powerbook..
> >
> > Just wondered what kind of expereinces people have had running linux audio stuff on laptops, which they'd recommend etc.. also which laptop audio / midi interfaces have been good for people.
> >
>
> Whatever you do, don't get a laptop with a NeoMagic 256 chip.
> Output sounds OK, input sounds truly horrible - completely unusable.
>
is that an onboard chip? ill most likely go down the route of external audio devices (usb multichannel audio :))
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