[ubuntu-studio-users] [ot] Suggestions for a notebook for music.

[BA Huys]

Ah, thanks mike.  Not certain about the t61, but I'll check tonight when I
get out of the studio.  I use mine mainly for photography and technical
drafting with BricsCAD, so have never tried fw audio.  Someone told me that
it would work, but I've never checked.

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Feb 11, 2014 11:06 AM, "BA Huys" <bahuys.photography at gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bahuys.photography at gmail.com');>>
> wrote:
> >
> > I personally use a Lenovo Thinkpad T61p (
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T61p), about 5 years old and going
> strong.  It has firewire, so you could easily add a FW audio interface.
> Jack up the RAM, put a SSHDD in it, and you've got a dang nice computer.
> The older Lenovos were business class laptops, so they are built very
> tough, and hold up well to traveling.  I've also got an X61 (
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X61_Tablet), which I mainly use
> for photography work.  Really, you can't go wrong with an older Lenovo.
> >
>
> The thinkpad I have, T60, doesn't have a texas instruments FireWire
> chipset, making it  inappropriate for FireWire devices in Linux for audio
> production.
>
> > Just my 2 cents...
> >
> >  On 02/11/2014 02:14 AM, Bernard Hurley wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 05:45:59PM -0600, Aradenatorix Veckhom
> Vacelaevus wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi everybody:
> >>>
> >>> I need your helping to choose a good portable PC (notebook) for
> compose,
> >>> edit and record music (with ubuntu studio of course). My last 3
> computers
> >>> were HP and I'm tired of that shitty trademark. So I'm searching for
> >>> options for a new one. Can you help me with this?
> >>>
> >> Think Penguin may have what you need; they deliver world wide:
> >>
> >> https://www.thinkpenguin.com/
> >>
> >> Bernard
> >>
> >
> >
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