[64studio-devel] New computer for audio

[Marco Milanesi]

hi Daniel!

> We haven't tested the Core 2 Duo in-house yet, but Joel Silvestre has a 
> laptop with one running 64 Studio and reported that the performance was 
> good. This is in line with the findings of AnandTech, who also found the 
> thermal performance greatly improved over the last generation of Pentiums:
> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795&p=12
> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795&p=7

I will look into that, but I'm a kind of amd soul if I can :)

> >mmm, I heard that ASUS' motherboards were ok, but I may be wrong :)
> I've used quite a few ASUS boards with good results, but you have to 
> check Linux driver support for nVidia chipsets, for on-board ethernet as 
> well as video, on recent models.

happily the italian store where I will buy the 'puter has already tested
the mobos on kubuntu (they advertise linux compatibility) so it was a
great surprise!

thanks again Daniel, and keep up the good work!

ciao,
Marco

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