Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Notebook for audio
From: Matthew Yee-King (yeeking_AT_no-future.com)
Date: Fri Mar 28 2003 - 11:18:27 EET
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
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