<div dir="ltr">Many thanks Thomas,<div>I also eyed the RME babyface but it I'm not sure my budget would stretch that far...</div><div>I am now working on my 3rd thinkpad and was very happy with them in general. But I recall that 1 or 2 years ago nando was complaining about the new ones that they are becoming more and more of a hassle with issues and problems. Which is why I started looking at other makes. At the moment I'm considering an HP (either elitebook or spectre) in part because they are supposed to be on the quiet side.</div><div>Anyway, thanks for your input. </div><div>Oded </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 March 2017 at 05:54, Thomas CIPIERRE <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas.cipierre@gmail.com" target="_blank">thomas.cipierre@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Oded,<div><br></div><div>I’ve searched the Internet for a while in order to change my laptop in a not so distant future – i hope! – and I would suggest a Lenovo Thinkpad. They seem to be used by RedHat developers, so you shouldn’t have any problem with Fedora ;). Dell have some nice computers too, but I can’t vouch for hardware support. But for your own sake, I would suggest to stay away from « gaming » laptops and keep Intel HD graphics – indeed, you never how far your BIOS can be configured, and thus can spend so much time with drivers or tools like bumblebee, and so on, to get what I would call a « usable » laptop, but not an efficient one…</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding your sound interface, I don’t know your budget and your request regarding IOs, but I would definitely recommend the new RME Babyface Pro. It’s crystal clear, with very low latency, and you get a full class compliant mode to run flawlessly under Linux without any driver! With its convenient control panel, you thus get a nice plug and play device. I’ve seen some problems with latency on Scarletts, but we’re definitely not comparing same beasts and prices.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course, it’s just my humble opinion and further researche and advice would be more than welcome.</div><div>Good luck and all the best,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_2698783279495596448gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thomas<br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">2017-03-22 9:57 GMT+01:00 Oded Ben-Tal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:obental@gmail.com" target="_blank">obental@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div>I'm looking to buy a new laptop (fortune favoured me and I got a bit of money that needs to be spend by May...)</div><div>Any suggestions for a linux friendly laptop that is on the quieter side? A 14"-15" size since its my main work tool (12" is cool and all but too small for working everyday on). </div><div>And the sound interface question. I'll need a new USB interface (presuming these should work under linux. Am I right?) One option is focusrite Scarlett 6i6 anyone happens to use one?</div><div>Thanks</div><span class="m_2698783279495596448HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Oded<br><div class="m_2698783279495596448m_1019406895366054597gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div></div></div></div></div>
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