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rest the coffee (too hot and unstable if you put it directly on your lap).
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... as soon as they come out with one that has a pair of 30" widescreen monitors, one of which can be rotated portrait.
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A single 24" display, 1TB Intel or OCZ SSD, Full size keyboard, with 3GHz or better quad core and 8GB of memory for less than $2500 US would work for me. With that I will have a machine that is slightly better than my home ~ $1000 US desktop and still have the advantage of being able to move it around.
John
modified on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 5:21 PM
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I have a 17" Acer. Not nearly 24", but I've been happily using it for development for three years now. It has a SQL Server Developer Edition server and a full install of Visual Studio on it, along with a couple of web servers (IIS & Apache) and an FTP server!
At home it has a 19" monitor slaved to it, but on the road it's manageable; any larger and it would be a lapstop, not a laptop, and I'd have to have two airline seats on aeroplane flights!
The price was about $800 from Tiger.
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Is there one?
I usually use those words as synonyms.
Regards
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Notebooks are even smaller and less useful for development or gaming.
John
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Then what is the difference between a notebook and a netbook?  
#define STOOPID
#if STOOPID
Console.WriteLine("I'm stoopid!");
#endif
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Smaller than a notebook. Very long battery life. Only useful for internet browsing, running office on the road or playing a dvd or mp3s but heck they are around $200 US.
John
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I am a proud and heavy user of my netbook which I constantly push it through its limits, for development, for slacking linux(slackware in vm), office work, gimp work, web browsing, emailing...but sadly no games as I am not a gamer person (ok... I lied there...something like a flash game on the web but lordy no way jose - call of duty pfffftttt - that will be beyond the duty of the netbook and probably fry it!!!!  Memo to self: get a bigger better battery....
Cheerios,
Tom
#define STOOPID
#if STOOPID
Console.WriteLine("I'm stoopid!");
#endif
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John M. Drescher wrote: playing a dvd
Most netbooks don't have a CD/DVD player built in.
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You are correct. My fault... I guess that should be one advantage for a notebook over an netbook..
John
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Notebooks don't burn your crotch.
http://ximura.blogspot.com/
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My desktop machine is quite big and fast and has two large screens. I could not do real work on a laptop, it would be a bit frustrating.
I use a little department laptop on business trips just to write stuff down. I am not allowed to take my work stuff offsite anyway.
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I've long since switched my home machine to a laptop, but use it as a regular desktop - i.e. I use a full-size keyboard, external mouse and a 24" 1920x1200 panel. I also keep most of my data on an external USB drive. Having a laptop allows me to take my life (email, source code, docs) with me on the few occasions that I travel during the year.
I'm curious how many CPians use a laptop but not its keyboard, mouse and screen.
/ravi
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17 inch Laptop-BT Mouse-BT Keyboard-24 inch panel
That is absolutely what it's all about over here. I also have a panel/keyboard/mouse waiting out at the beach.
I do love the two-screen world.
Chris
Do we weigh less at high tide?
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Likewise 17 inch laptop with 24 inch panel, mouse and keyboard on a docking station with a 1TB external DD for backups, ready to go see clients at any moment.
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I use a laptop as my primary machine much like you do (with external keyboard/mouse/monitor), but I also use it by itself a lot because it's just so convenient. All my big files are on a file server that I can access wirelessly.
Though I do miss the relatively cheap power of a desktop. Next time I'm gonna go with a powerful desktop and a cheap laptop.
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If you go with the cheap laptop, you can always remote to the desktop.
Opacity, the new Transparency.
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Yep, Same.
Laptop is up on a dock on the corner of the desk, LCD's and wireless keyboard / mouse make it feel like a desktop and are a must as my lappy is super tiny (Dell Latitude E5400), good for working on a plane in transit, but bad as a main screen. I bring my monitor / keyboard & mice on trips, as coding in the hotel is painful on just the laptop.
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I like your super duper cool website. 
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I'm curious how many CPians use a laptop but not its keyboard, mouse and screen.
I use my laptop as a desktop, with a separate keyboard and mouse, but I use the laptop screen (17") and a 24" panel. The dual screen combo is fantastic.
Marc
Will work for food.
Interacx
I'm not overthinking the problem, I just felt like I needed a small, unimportant, uninteresting rant! - Martin Hart Turner
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I've always wanted to be able to use my laptop's 1920x1200 natice screen (it's very sharp and my eyes are [thankfully!] still good!) but have been unable to position the laptop close enough to my full-size keyboard. I even tried crafting a stand from an empty laptop box, but it didn't work out too well.
I'd kill for a laptop that came with a real, full-size (i.e. 20" wide) keyboard!
/ravi
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I still prefer development on desktop machines with a good keyboard and big monitors. For office work (meetings, specs, e-mail), I use a 17" Dell laptop. At home again a desktop - it is hard to find a good laptop under 500 USD
I also have a netbook, but it is really good only for travel. The screen and the keyboard are just too small for productive work.
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