One thing to keep in mind the original netbooks run linux, not microsoft
windows. I use abelton live 3 and renoise for my music production. This
set up is very easy on the cpu, I can make some interesting mixes on my g3
400mhz powerbook. Whenever I need to use midi/VSTi I render the tracks in
renoise and do the final mix in live 3. Renoise will work with linux too if
you have a netbook without a x86 processor--that would be core!
-ds
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arturo Lopez" <arturo.m.lo...@gmail.com>
To: "Three-One-Three" <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:00 PM
Subject: (313) Netbooks; worth it for music applications?
Was wondering if anyone out there had any experience running any music
applications on a netbook? Seems like it might be a nice/cheap
solution for running ableton/serato/whatever and quite a bit more
portable than a larger laptop. Concerned a bit weather a $250 netbook
has a beefy enough processor to handle these apps, but then again
people were running those apps on slower laptops 3 or 4 years ago.
Hmm. I'd imagine you'd have to buy an external soundcard though.
Thoughts?
-Arturo
