subnotebook/netbook w/ linux 4 electronic music?

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

Jay Vaughan <jayv at synth.net> wrote:

>>> A decent CPU with large L2 cache is really awesome for SuperCollider
>or pd, and there's never any point in being less than awesome.
>>
>
>.. unless you're just running a few native, non-VM/-interpretive
>applications, like ZynAddSubFX or so on (C/C++-based executables), in
>which case an Atom N455 can be really, honestly, plenty of power.
>
>;
>--
>Jay Vaughan

Yeah - that's true. SC and pd are C/C++, though, but there's a bit more going on. I mention these because they have the largest user base.

Tony (HB)