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Originally Posted by kazbates
The cicadas are BIG, at least to me!  They can range from 2-5cm long, although the ones I've seen have been closer to the 5 than the 2.  |
crikey !! that's a big bug !!!
they don't bite or anything, do they ?
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We bought a Toshiba laptop from Best Buy a few months ago that's fairly powerful. Shannon uses her Tablo drawing pen on it and Adobe Photo Shop. It was under $700 at the time. I don't know how that would equate for you, though.
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to be honest i've not looked at what's available lately, and if i do start thinking seriously of one i'll probably just ask a friend of mine who loves hardware and knows everything for advice.
i do need something pretty powerful though ; i do a lot of graphic work and my primary app is illustrator, which is pretty ressource-intensive.
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Before I got my iMac my primary home computer was a 15inch laptop. I usually used it hooked up to a big monitor, keyboard and mouse.... but, I was able to grab it and take it on the road or whatever. The 15inch screen wasn't as nice as my 20inch monitor, but good enough. Personally, I think those 17inch laptops are just to big.
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i agree, to me the point of having a portable computer is to be PORTABLE, so when we start to get towards desktop-sized screens it sort of seems to defeat the purpose.
i've got a friend whose main computer is a portable, he's got a sony vaio something or other (not too recent but still working fine), he uses it at home and can bring it over when we're working together (he's a developper and we collaborate on a lot of projects). i don't think i could do that ; i go crazy trying to type on those tiny keyboards, especially when there's no numerical keyboard (arg !), and my current moniter already seems too small to me for really working efficiently (it's a 19" i think, and i dream of getting a second one. or even better, getting a 21" or larger, and then getting a second one of *those*
). now that i think about it actually i've got two friends who only use portables, and both are developpers. i guess for code a smaller screen isn't too much of a problem.
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As for a net book, it isn't very powerful... but you could remote into your desktop machine. Of course, doing the work you do on a 9-10 inch screen would probably be pretty difficult.
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the "not very powerful" thing is why i haven't got one yet, although i'm tempted. but what do you mean by "remote into" my desktop machine ? could i use it as just a monitor and keyboard, and let the desktop do all the processing work ? or am i confused ? it would be quite useless for graphic work though. like i said, even my 19" monitor seems a bit tight to me.
now you see why i'm stuck at home when the weather is gorgeous and the workmen are making a godawful racket all damned day long (they're still there !!! arg !!! it's almost 20:30, GO HOME so i can have some peace and quiet !!! sheesh !!).