I second the ZDL initiative a lot ~ for my part I only bought 3 computer in my life (and spent less than 500$ in total, (one 160$ netbook, one mini itx for 140$ and and use mac laptop)) and still use them all for one task or another. Mac laptop for music and dvd playing (but won't play avi :(, netbook as a cary around machine and note taking and remote access my main machine, and the itx as a main project machine and day to day desktop.
(Ok ok I am just 31 years old, but I always end up being able to build computer from spare parts, and used or trashed computer). I am also planning on buying my 4th computer now - and I won't go for mac, or laptop because of the close minded architecture. I will go again with a mini itx board for few reason, one being that I can open the machine and change the parts easily, and it has a lot more possible horse power than a laptop in general and are also quite easy to cary around. I use my mini itx for project and connect to the machine remotely trough my netbook, or trough other device that controle my project (for now sketches in processing controled by devices that send osc (nds)) So my suggestion is use what you have - tweak it for your needs and check the mini itx for their long lived architecture - i.e. you can replace them part by part if needed, instead of the 'replace your computer every 5 years' trends. On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Ricardo G. Herdt <[email protected]>wrote: > 2010/7/7 James Harkins <[email protected]>: > > > > On that note -- how hard would it be to remap ctrl to the Apple command > key, > > and "enter" to be an alternate option key? The MBP keyboard is complete > crap > > for Emacs, which would be my primary supercollider interface (actually it > > already is in OSX by way of Aquamacs). Without this remapping, the > > ergonomics would be disastrous. > > > > on puredyne you can use xmodmap. > > > Bernardo: > > > >> I wonder if in such a modern computer is still a big > >> difference in speed between Gnome and Xfce? > > > > Probably not, but I see a lot of clutter in recent Gnome screenshots. I'm > > finding the simplicity and cleanliness of xfce4 to be very pleasant, even > > compared to OSX and its boasting about a refined user experience. > > > > Xfce and others are a bit more responsive. But Gnome can also be fast, > it depends on how your distro set it up by default (on debian, for > example, I find it faster than Ubuntu's default install). > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >
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