> > General comment on the laptop vs. desktop choice: been there, done > that. For many years I used a 15" Macbook Pro as my only computer. Two- > three years ago I got a desktop (iMac 20"). I needed a newer computer > with more RAM and higher speed to handle Lightroom and I wanted the > larger higher resolution screen. IMHO, if your laptop has a big enough > screen to be of much value in evaluating/editing photos, then it has > gotten too large to be of much value as a portable system. Last year I > bought a new Mac laptop, 13", that I travel with. It is a minor > nuisance to copy files back and forth, etc. but for me a small laptop > plus reasonable desktop is a far more functional setup than operating > with a single computer.
I agree with you. I also have a Thinkpad X100e, which has a 11.6" screen, for portability. It's an excellent little machine. The reason I also bought a laptop (17") to be my Lightroom static machine is that my house is very small, and most desktops within my budget have far too large a footprint for the small office space I have in my house. I don't do any copying back and forth in general - each machine is dedicated to its purpose. The only copying is to the backup NAS server. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
