On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:58:54AM -0500, Ben Baker-Smith wrote:
I currently use a Macbook (OS 10.5) for all my PD patching. However, as I am primarily focused on using GEM for live video performance alongside musical groups, I am thinking about getting a second laptop for performances (to keep my Macbook safe).
I'm thinking of getting an Acer Aspire One netbook running linux.
better install a popular distro instead of the Linpus thing which acer ships ;)
I'd like to know the pros and cons of this.
-Will swapping patches between Mac OS and Linux be a problem (I'm guessing no, but I figured I'd ask)?
-I've heard of some problems with VGA out on Linux laptops, is this going to be an issue?
what is that about?
-Does the netbook have enough processing power for general GEM applications? I'm usually not dealing with video files, but rather particle generation, shape manipulation, GIF texturing, and audio-response. On my Macbook (2.0 GHz intel processor) the CPU meter always shows below 50% usage (of course, that's not to say that it doesn't freeze up and boot me out sometimes).
none of them "netbooks" will cope with that stuff! why did you think of a such low-end machine for such a task?!?
-Are there any other issues that you think of given this scenario? and if so, what other affordable/really-cheap laptops are there out there that I can run linux on?
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