<div>Now that Apple went Intel, why not just get one and partition the drive to run OS X, GNU/Linux, and (God forbid) Windows? You'd be unstoppable.</div>
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<div>~Kyle<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Hans-Christoph Steiner</b> <<a href="mailto:hans@eds.org">hans@eds.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>Apple puts good audio hardware in their laptops. I can get 14ms of<br>latency on Mac OS X with Pd without really trying (I just set it to
<br>14ms). I can get down to 11ms if I don't mind clicks when I operate<br>the menus and switch to other applications.<br><br>I think that if you really want to get down to something like 2-3ms,<br>then you'll have to work at it, and you'll probably be better of with
<br>a Debian-based system or maybe PlanetCCRMA.<br><br>.hc<br><br>On Dec 15, 2006, at 2:18 PM, Bryan Jurish wrote:<br><br>> ... or: "the power of the darkside"<br>> ... or: "how i hope to learn to stop clicking and love live
<br>> processing"<br>> ... or: "yet another frequently annoying question"<br>><br>> morning all,<br>><br>> my burning questions, to any and all mobile pd users who feel<br>> inclined to respond, are:
<br>><br>> (A) what is the lowest (stable) latency you can achieve with pd and<br>> the laptop of your choice?<br>><br>> and<br>><br>> (B) is the onboard soundcard on said laptop tolerable (A/D-D/A<br>
> sync, general quality, etc.)? [i realize it probably won't be<br>> great; i just can't afford a hammerfall, my quattro is basically<br>> crap, and the adc on my terratec usb is thoroughly unsatisfying]<br>>
<br>> Motivation: as avid readers of pd-dev may recall, my trusty old<br>> laptop was stolen last week (*schneef*), which is all very annoying<br>> etc. (fingerprint powder is a right $/%&! to clean off of a white
<br>> windowsill), but does at least give me the chance to improve on<br>> some of its less desirable qualities when choosing its replacement,<br>> so yes, this is one of those "what's the best laptop for running
<br>> pd" mails (profuse apologies; feel free to flame me, but we haven't<br>> had one on the list in at least a month now ;-)<br>><br>> so far, my favorite linux candidates are ibm(lenovo) [older T or<br>
> newer R] or dell, but upon consideration, i realize that the dark<br>> side of the force (Apple MacBook(intel)/OS-X) does indeed have a<br>> certain allure. the specs are pretty much identical, but the dark<br>
> side does have a growing attraction as i become older and lazier...<br>> so: anyone out there with direct experience of both mactel & linux<br>> willing to commit on the issue of audio performance?<br>><br>
> marmosets,<br>> Bryan<br>><br>> --<br>> Bryan Jurish "There is *always* one more<br>> bug."<br>> <a href="mailto:jurish@ling.uni-potsdam.de">jurish@ling.uni-potsdam.de
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