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So, does anyone use their notebook as their main system? Tell us why and how you like it.
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I actually use my netbook (Eee pc 701) as my main machine. I do a lot of photoshop work on it (ctrl-+ is my best friend) as well as some video encoding (slow but gets the job done) every now and then. Mostly I just do my online jobs and surf the web anymore so I don't really need a bunch of Ghz.
i had a dell inspiron 9100 laptop, Intel Pressy 3Ghz,1.5Gh of ram and a60G 7200RPM hd i used as my main work rig for about 3 years, i loved it, 15' 1920 x 1200 res screen, ws great!
When you move between different locations frequently, laptops quickly become your machine of choice. I'm always going between school, home, work, and other universities. I also use my laptop to take notes and distract me in boring classesSo this is more widespread at OCF than I thought.
I've been bouncing back and forth between desktop and notebooks for the last 1 1/2 years because it has been kind of hard to find a notebook that suits my picky tastes.
There are many reasons I want to use a notebook over a desktop and mbently's pro list hit pretty close. My two primary motivations are that I like saving energy and money but also when it comes interstate moving, which we tend to do from time to time, there will be less to pack and load with all the desktops gone.
Man, 1920 x 1200 on a 15" screen, I don't know how you guys handle those. I did that res on a 17" for a while and couldn't deal with it, lol. 1680 x 1050 at 17" works ok but for a 15" it would have to be around 1440 x 900. Guess my eyes are getting to old.