On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:52:48 +0200 Frank Barknecht <f...@footils.org> wrote:
> Hallo, > hollun...@gmx.at hat gesagt: // hollun...@gmx.at wrote: > > > It feels like my several year old PC will crap out soon for one > > reason or another, so I need a replacement, better sooner than > > later. This time it should be a laptop and I heard that formerly > > IBM and now Lenovo thinkpads are of good build quality, even if > > they only come with intel CPUs and cost an arm and a leg. > > The Thinkpads seem to have a pretty active net community doing sites > like www.thinkwiki.org, which are very helpful. There's nothing bad > about Intel CPUs, actually I consider them the best choice ATM for > laptops, especially if you get a device with an Intel gfx chip > inside, they have excellent FLOSS drivers. Personally I agree that > Thinkpads are a bit overpriced, you can get equivalent laptops > cheaper from manufacturers like Acer or MSI, which are the two > companies I have first hand experience with: I have an MSI S260 which > currently gets replaced by an Acer Timeline 3810T. Both are well > supported by Linux. The new one requires bleeding edge software, i.e. > Debian unstable in my case. On the ACER, no interrupts are shared > when AHCI is enabled, but I guess, that's normal for AHCI: > > $ cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 > 0: 31601 IO-APIC-edge timer > 1: 7186 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 8: 99 IO-APIC-edge rtc0 > 9: 13850 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi > 12: 25164 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 16: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3, uhci_hcd:usb7 > 18: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb8 > 19: 24 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb6 > 21: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4 > 22: 182 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel > 23: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb5 > 26: 138998 PCI-MSI-edge i915 > 27: 8011 PCI-MSI-edge ahci > 28: 61621 PCI-MSI-edge iwlagn > NMI: 0 Non-maskable interrupts > LOC: 15229 Local timer interrupts > SPU: 0 Spurious interrupts > RES: 0 Rescheduling interrupts > CAL: 0 Function call interrupts > TLB: 0 TLB shootdowns > TRM: 0 Thermal event interrupts > ERR: 0 > MIS: 0 > > I didn't yet do any hardcore audio tests on that laptop, it's running > an upstream large latency kernel. With laptops, I think, it's > important to know your ways of using it. For example, the Acer is not > the fastest device around (it's just a single Core CPU), but it's > very light (1.65kg) and has an amazing battery life (up to 8h with > dimmed display), so it's great to take on the road which is where I > will be using it the most and where I can deal with a slower CPU, but > not with a huge and heavy monster. The other extreme would be a > netbook, but I prefer the 13" screen of the Acer - my eyes don't cope > well with 10" screens, and Atoms just don't cut it in the long run > for audio work. So to me, the Timeline is a good compromise, but your > compromise will probably look different. > > Ciao Thanks Frank, I had a look at thinkwiki but couldn't find what I'm looking for. I also thought about netbooks but they won't cut it in the long run and I'll need a laptop eventually anyway. Could you post a lspci of your new acer as well? It's not quite what I'm looking for but it might be helpful anyway. Thanks, Philipp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev