That's the difference, I do not program at all, nor do I work in art or graphics. I use my laptop for business tasks, and as an entertainment center when I am away. Yes, a 17" LCD is gorgeous, but the 19" LCD on my desk is probably nicer, as the Bluetooth keyboard and mouse sitting on that desk are nicer than any laptop built-ins.
Personally, I find OS X delightful on the 12" monitor, and have no issues when I use Windows XP or Linux (SuSe 9.1) on the 11" of my PC (same 1024X768 as the PB). Personally, I'd rather have fewer toolbars open in Word in order to have a machine that I can use when I make that 12-hour trans-Pacific flight everyyear. I guess for me, the reason I own portables instead of desktops (the Sawtooth is for my daughter, I only use it to share a printer) is because they are portable, and where portability is concerned, the more portable the better. Now if only they'd shave off that optica drive and another 1 1/2 lbs from the 12" PB, then my dream machine would finally be available for the Mac OS. Andrew -----Original Message----- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Laurent Daudelin Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:39 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Pismo vs ibook? I guess it's mostly personal taste. I've been carrying a 17" to the office and back home for the last 3 weeks and I don't feel it too heavy. Whenever I open it up, I'm glad I did pick up the 17" as the screen is really gorgeous and must needed with OS X, for the kind of work I do, mostly programming... -Laurent. -- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
