Would it be worthwhile to post some hardware recommendations for basic and advanced setups for running pd for audio and video?
cgc
Quoting Miller Puckette mpuckett@man104-1.ucsd.edu:
Just my two cents...
the "barebones" boxes such as Shuttle XPCs seem to go for about $300 for a recent model ($250 for obsolete chipsets). This is to be compared with buying a box and motherboard ala carte ($50 + $70; Pricewatch prices.) A very good machine in the U.S. should now cost you: case $50 mobo 70 CPU 85 memory 70 disk 60 CDRW 50 quiet CPU fan $20
$405
This does not include audio hardware (Midiman delta 44 is top-notch and costs 250), nor monitor, keyboard, & mouse...
You can build a machine that runs 10% faster than this, but it will cost 50% more!
cheers Miller