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