The 24" Dell displays seem to be quite a bit nicer than the 22" Dell
displays. I've worked with three of the 24" displays and been quite
happy with them . I've worked with one of the 22" displays and found
it much more sensitive to viewing angle. I also work with a 24" HP
display and find it to be equivalent to the Dell (haven't compared
them side by side).
I also use an employer provided IBM T60p laptop. Although it is surely
made by Lenova, it is labeled IBM. The display is better than the
previous IBM laptop but the colors aren't nearly as good as the large
Dell LCDs. It seems like most of the people at work have irritating
hardware/software incompatibilities with the T60p. A typical problem
is that when the machine is undocked, if you let it go to sleep, it is
nearly impossible to get the built in display to turn back on.
The laptop has plenty of power. USB or eSATA drives are likely to be
used for backup. However, the desktops are cheaper and more reliable
in my experience.
-jeff
On 11/15/07, Jez Cunningham <jez.cunningham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It's mainly for photo crunching / printing.
>
> So I've been perusing what's out there and ended up looking at Dell (again):
> Inspiron 530, 2.33Ghz E6550 core 2 duo / viiv, 2GB (with slots to go to 4),
> 320GB or more (plus space for 2nd HDD), and a 22" wide LCD driven by 256kB
> nvidia card. £675 / €1000 is the rough ticket (incl 17.5% UK vat).
>
> 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?
>
> thanks for your valuable advice
> Jez
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