I've been using a Mac PowerBook G4 as my main computer for the last
couple years, carrying it back and forth every day to the office. At
the office I hook it up to a 20" Cinema Display. Just upgraded to
Leopard, by the way, seamlessly, except that Photoshop 7.0 doesn't run
on Leopard. Oh well, time to leap to CS3 I guess....
Anyway..
I'd second your and Chris's take--get a desktop. Unless you attach a
separate monitor, keyboard, mouse, laptops suck ergonometrically...
The screen is much too low and you'll be uncomfortable for the hours
you'll typically spend messing with images. As you suggest, a desktop
is more likely to last 3-4.5 years as well. My "Mirror Drive Door" G4
DP1.25 from 2003 is still going strong. Just installed Leopard Server
on it....
Rob in Seattle
On Nov 15, 2007, at 9:00 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
> My reasoning for going desktop rather than laptop is based on ease of
> upgrade (e.g. price of RAM), space for a couple of HDD and DVD
> drives, it'll
> never get moved (I've got an adequate laptop for travel if
> necesary), and a
> big screen, graphic tablet, full keyboard, etc. But many of you use
> laptops
> or Mac powerbooks - can they really compete in this area?
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