netbooks etc

[Gustin Johnson]

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Eric Hedekar wrote:
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> 
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Cory K. <coryisatm at ubuntu.com
> <mailto:coryisatm at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
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>     I think most really don't know the HP that's needed to effectively run
>     JACK/Ardour. Not to mention the reportedly *terrible* soundcards in
>     these things.
> 
>     What is the expectation of performance when using one of these netbooks
>     for recording and what kind of session do you want to do? Multi-track?
>     What screensize do you have?
> 
> 
> Cory, my understanding from Kim's original post was that the box would
> be used for playback of a multi-track ardour session while baudline
> visuals project.  I'd say that's entirely possible with that
> horsepower.  But you've proven me wrong on issues many times before...
> The specs just seem relatively similar to my old Compaq Presario I use
> as my primary workstation - slightly lower clock speed and smaller
> harddrive but that's about it.
> 
Keep in mind that the Atom processor is more like an 800Mhz PIII.  The
Atom is very different from the CPU you had in your Presario.

Also, the SSDs are a lot slower than a hard drive from even a couple of
years ago.  SD cards are slower still.  In other words do not expect to
be able to stream many tracks to these things.

Having said that 4 track playback should be doable on this hardware.
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