-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric Hedekar wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Cory K. <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I think most really don't know the HP that's needed to effectively run > JACK/Ardour. Not to mention the reportedly *terrible* soundcards in > these things. > > What is the expectation of performance when using one of these netbooks > for recording and what kind of session do you want to do? Multi-track? > What screensize do you have? > > > Cory, my understanding from Kim's original post was that the box would > be used for playback of a multi-track ardour session while baudline > visuals project. I'd say that's entirely possible with that > horsepower. But you've proven me wrong on issues many times before... > The specs just seem relatively similar to my old Compaq Presario I use > as my primary workstation - slightly lower clock speed and smaller > harddrive but that's about it. > Keep in mind that the Atom processor is more like an 800Mhz PIII. The Atom is very different from the CPU you had in your Presario.
Also, the SSDs are a lot slower than a hard drive from even a couple of years ago. SD cards are slower still. In other words do not expect to be able to stream many tracks to these things. Having said that 4 track playback should be doable on this hardware. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJgLn+wRXgH3rKGfMRAgaEAJ42EuuhZuEgcPh2IpHM+dkE1OP45ACbBmqT kSkm+DlAPRzqujpddBlwwlQ= =BbRW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
