Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Small Intel Based Computers for GNURadio

[Eric Blossom]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 03:00:31PM -0400, Eric Cottrell wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I occasionally travel and want to take GNURadio with me.  I wonder
> what laptops or small form factor systems (like ITX) work well with
> GNURadio.
>
> My current laptop, a Z60t, uses a 1.7 Pentium M.  It is okay for
> most GNURadio apps but I get USRP overruns on other apps.  My Core 2
> Duo Desktop does better but it is too big.  A Quad Core Laptop would
> be great but there seems to be only a few products based on Desktop
> Chips.

I've been happy with a whole series of X* ThinkPads.  Last I checked
they're shipping with Core 2 Duos in them, which gives you a pretty
serious 64-bit platform.  I'd probably opt for a 7200 RPM drive and
2 GB of RAM.

> I see there are some Intel ITX boards that will take a Core 2 Duo
> and seem to be a luggable or mobile solution.

Eric