RE: choosing a laptop

[Jeff Larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com>]

> its just funny that my 6 year old P4 2.1 tower runs head to head with
> a core 2 duo 2.0ghz w/ 3GB ram simply because the tower has a TI
> chipset firewire and the laptop does not
 
There are many, many factors that can influence the latency limit.
Why are you convinced it is the FW chipset?  In my experience
dedicated video memory (i.e. not "integrated graphics") is far more
important.  I have no idea what FW chipsets I have, but I'll
check.
 
> and FYI using an express card FW interface typically does not 
> solve the problem
 
Doesn't this suggest that the problem is related to something
else besides the FW interface?  Does the express card also
use a non-TI chipset?
 
Jeff