<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Message: 1 Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:42:54 +0200 (CAT) From: Mike Berry <<a href="mailto:stringhandler@gmail.com">stringhandler@gmail.com</a>> Subject: Re: Laptop for UbuntuStudio To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <22713087.1701248705770031.JavaMail.SYSTEM@Mike> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > Hiya everyone! > I'm thinkin' on buying a new laptop. It'll be only for UbuntuStudio. I want > to ask you which specs I've to take special atention to. I want an all-life > laptop: not a heavy laptop (19-inches-screen) neither a notebook. I'm > looking for a 14-15 inches. But the other thinks I don't know what are the > best choice. I will use it a lot for music and video suite. Which specs are > the more importants? Which computer brands do you recommedn me? Lenovo > computers will fit me? > Can you help me? > Thank you all! > *Carles Mayol i Ricart* Don't go with Lenovo, or anything with a built in Intel Graphics card because the drivers are hard to find. I tried to get UbuntuStudio on my Lenovo R61 and it was a Fail Whale. I still haven't found graphics or wireless drivers. The sound is terrible. I'm going to try get a new laptop with an Nvidia card in it. My 2c. Mike the Tike</blockquote><div> Have you checked out the Indamixx laptops? They are pre-optimized for audio work with a special version of 64 Studio 3, which is based on Ubuntu Hardy. <a href="http://www.indamixx.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=3&flypage=shop.flypage&pop=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=57">http://www.indamixx.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=3&flypage=shop.flypage&pop=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=57</a> </div></div>