[PD] (Facts Please !) a mac or pc with Linux for PD

[Patrick Pagano]

what flavor of linux ben?
.rpms or source?
firewire or webcam?
these things are interesting to me for sure. Most of my linux stuff of 
late has been admittedly :-)
Access Grid and VRVS.


On Monday, December 15, 2003, at 10:29  AM, B. Bogart wrote:

> Hello Jean,
>
> I went through a similar thing a couple months back specing a new 
> laptop.
>
> I found the powerbook was the best laptop for the size, and 
> performance I
> could find.
>
> There are faster PC laptops with better graphics but none so portable.
>
> But really it depends on what your doing with PD! I'm using it for Gem
> stuff, so a mac
> was a good choice, also I wanted a great graphics card and the radeon
> mobility cards (9600)
> are far better than the closest nvidia ones (fx5650) Some reviews have
> published numbers
> showing the ati card to be twice as fast in some areas.
>
> On the other hand I use pd/Gem under linux exclusively for 
> installations.
> With OSX lots of unix stuff can be done with OSX, but I'd prefer to 
> mess
> with such things are running X without a window manager, etc..! In my
> experience gem 87 under linux is very stable. I've had an installation
> running for over 100 days without crashes or reboots required.
>
> looking around the list it seems that there are audio performance 
> issues
> with OSX...
>
> B.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean Jacques" <jj at wanadoo.fr>
> To: <pd-list at iem.at>
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 7:02 AM
> Subject: [PD] (Facts Please !) a mac or pc with Linux for PD
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> i do not want to unleash a sterile discussion about mac anc pc !
>> I just would like to know what king of hardware should i buy to 
>> install
>> Linux on a laptop and run PD ?
>> In terms of performance/price what should i buy a mac or pc ?
>>
>> Ciao,
>>
>> Jean Jacques
>> http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/duclaux/blog/
>>
>>
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