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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
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. |
You probably need a great video card more than CPU for the work you do.
We just got my son a Sager laptop... it was @ $800 and had quite good specs. They make "gaming" laptops so have great video card options.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/categor...id=&lcdsize=15
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
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. |
I love my 24inch ASUS monitor. Get it for less than $300 at NewEgg. That said, I am a developer and alot of screen real estate does make things easy. There are so many tool box windows that surround your main code window these days. Dual monitor is best for coding. You basically run your editor in one monitor and can have specs/user stories on another window. Or, when running you can have the app on one monitor and the debugger on the other.
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
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.
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Yes exactly. Granted doing graphic work on a netbook, even if it is working more as a terminal wouldn't be optimum. But, on a 15inch notebook it would be better than nothing. Of course, the workmen will eventually go away I assume.
But, with a portable you could get away and do some surfing/email/forum stuff in quiet.
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