[microsound] OT: laptop for permanent sound installation - suggestions?

[Michal Seta]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:31 PM, hans w. koch <kochhw at netcologne.de> wrote:
> personally, my best experiences for longterm installations (> 3months) were with mac mini.
> if no videoprocessing involved, even a g4, 1.42ghz can do a lot of things.

Just a little over a month ago I have witnessed a mac mini failure
(the night before the opening of the exhibition).  Video playback was
involved (does that qualify as "processing"?).  The new mac mini that
was purchased as a replacement did make it through the month, however.

I will restate my point again: consumer grade equipment (regardless of
manufacturer) carries a high risk of failure in the context of
permanent exhibition.  YMMV.

Cheers

./MiS