Does anyone think there's any way this might be a decent little recording laptop for capturing live recordings through the firewire port? I would like to dual boot Ubuntu Studio on this and use Ardour to capture some 2 to 4 track stuff on location and burn it to disc.
ASUS X83VB-X1 Core 2 Duo T5800 2.0GHz 4GB
I need to get something around $400 so my choices are limited but if not this, any other ideas?? My feeling is that I will have a ton of headaches at this price level but hey, I kind of like headaches - but does anyone think this is just a really really bad - or good choice? (they also have the X2 version availabl but it has the PCI II port instead of the express54 which I think will be a problem in the future....)
Any help/opinions would be super appreciated thanks in advance!
here are the specs:
- ASUS X83VB-X1 Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz 14.1-inch Notebook
- General Features:
- Color: Black/Gold with geometric design
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit pre-installed w/CoA
- 6-cell battery
- Intel Centrino technology
- Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 2.0 GHz CPU
- 4 GB DDR2 RAM
- 250 GB hard drive
- LightScribe DVD±RW DL drive
- NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS graphics
- Integrated audio with built-in speakers
- Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
- 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
- 4-in-1 digital media card reader
- Built-in webcam and microphone
- QWERTY keyboard with TouchPad and hot keys
- 14.1-inch WXGA widescreen LCD display (1280 x 800)
- Battery Specifications:
- Li-Ion battery type
- 4800 mAh
- +11.1V
- Supported Media:
- Secure Digital (SD)
- MultiMedia Card (MMC)
- Memory Stick (MS)
- Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO)
- Expansion Slots:
- One (1) ExpressCard/54 slot
- I/O Ports:
- Five (5) USB 2.0
- One (1) HDMI
- One (1) eSATA
- One (1) 15-pin VGA
- One (1) 4-pin FireWire
- One (1) RJ-11 Modem jack
- One (1) RJ-45 Ethernet jack
- One (1) Microphone jack
- One (1) Headphone jack
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