Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ot] Suggestions for a notebook for music.
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. 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 -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ot] Suggestions for a notebook for music.
Oh, yeah, forgot to mention; every lenovo that I've ever had has worked exceedingly well with Ubuntu Studio. The T61p has Nvidia graphics, so if you want to use the proprietary driver, you can, but noveau drivers work great too. Everything works right out of the box as fas as installation goes. On 02/11/2014 11:06 AM, BA Huys 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. 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 -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ot] Suggestions for a notebook for music.
I recently purchased on old Compaq Presario F700 for $40. While it is supposedly limited to 2G of memory and !50G HD it seems to be running UbuntuStudio 13.10 nicely with 4g of memory and is quite fast with a 240Gssd ($200 for both upgrades). Use this for a keyboard and various Guitar/Mic configurations.. Will get a System 76 when I have saved enough. On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Bernard Hurley bern...@marcade.biz 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 -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ot] Suggestions for a notebook for music.
On Feb 11, 2014 11:06 AM, BA Huys bahuys.photogra...@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 -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ot] Suggestions for a notebook for music.
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 mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 11, 2014 11:06 AM, BA Huys bahuys.photogra...@gmail.comjavascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bahuys.photogra...@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 -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.comjavascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com'); Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ot] Suggestions for a notebook for music.
Am Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:23:07 -0500 schrieb Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com: The thinkpad I have, T60, doesn't have a texas instruments FireWire chipset, making it inappropriate for FireWire devices in Linux for audio production. Firewire audio worked fine with my old X31. Wasn't with TI chip, neither, I think. Might even have been O2micro or such. Sometimes, things are just wired up right. Case in point: A dual Socket A board with a flawed nVidia chipset which made Firewire audio impossible regardless of FW controller chip. Alrighty then, Thomas signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ot] Suggestions for a notebook for music.
Thanks for all your suggestions. In fact I want to buy a new notebook, I see Lenovo is another good choice. I was searching in the website for models and the thinkpad looks fine. The new modelsw include a MD Port compatible with apple hardware, but I'm not sure how useful could it be. Definitively I won't buy another HP/Compaq notebook. My experience as user is quite bad with those trademarks. I'll see what fits better to my needs and my budget. Thanks again. 2014-02-11 14:43 GMT-06:00 Thomas Orgis thomas-fo...@orgis.org: Am Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:23:07 -0500 schrieb Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com: The thinkpad I have, T60, doesn't have a texas instruments FireWire chipset, making it inappropriate for FireWire devices in Linux for audio production. Firewire audio worked fine with my old X31. Wasn't with TI chip, neither, I think. Might even have been O2micro or such. Sometimes, things are just wired up right. Case in point: A dual Socket A board with a flawed nVidia chipset which made Firewire audio impossible regardless of FW controller chip. Alrighty then, Thomas -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- lutar e vencer! lluitar i vèncer! combattre et vaincre! combattere e vincere! vechten en overwinnen! kämpfen und besiegen! kämpa och besegra! bojovat a zvítězit! walczyć i wygrać! воевать и выиграть! 戦いに勝つ! -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ot] Suggestions for a notebook for music.
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Thomas Orgis thomas-fo...@orgis.orgwrote: Am Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:23:07 -0500 schrieb Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com: The thinkpad I have, T60, doesn't have a texas instruments FireWire chipset, making it inappropriate for FireWire devices in Linux for audio production. Firewire audio worked fine with my old X31. Wasn't with TI chip, neither, I think. Might even have been O2micro or such. Sometimes, things are just wired up right. Case in point: A dual Socket A board with a flawed nVidia chipset which made Firewire audio impossible regardless of FW controller chip. you should check, of course.. myself, and nearly any other resource you find will suggest texas instrument chipsets in linux. i had a few non-TI chipsets that worked fine (i want to say a few VIA chipsets were nice). the one in that *specific* thinkpad, a ricoh chipset, didnt work well at all with linux. any manufacturer is always able to (and usually will) change chipsets or part revisions, and all they typically have to do is include another windows driver on the site for it. this is not helpful or relevant for us when we choose to do our own support for linux. one person could have a chipset that supports linux in a certain model laptop, and on the same model laptop, someone else could have a different chipset that doesnt support linux well. this is not a thread about firewire support anyways, i was only mentioning it to point out that, in at least one specific case, a lenovo thinkpad was *not* ideal for linux audio. but, thats no reason not to try one if one finds a unit for a good deal, as i did (mine was free). also, the user didnt state what (if any) audio interface was needing to be supported, so firewire support could be irrelevant. cheers and good luck. Alrighty then, Thomas -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- MH mikeholstein.info http://www.mikeholstein.info/ -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
