Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-15 Thread Bernard Nussbaumer
2007/12/15, Mark D Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > My laptop is my desktop. > > ... > > I don't see how anyone can do much work on a laptop without getting a > sore neck. There's just no way to get the screen and keyboard height > right so long as they're attached. You have to have either a > separat

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-15 Thread Mark D Lew
My laptop is my desktop. When I'm home, it rarely leaves the desk, and I always use it with an external mouse and keyboard. Right now I'm staying elsewhere, so the laptop is acting more like a laptop. I brought the mouse. If I had expected to do any Finale work, I'd surely have brought t

[Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-14 Thread Jonathan Smith
Desktop 90% Laptop 10% Don't get out very much these days :-( Jonathan Smith I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I do 60-70% of my work. If my observation of an observed group of undergraduat

{Fraud?} {Disarmed} Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-14 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
Music and Mariposa? Ah, Paradise!!! http://arts-mariposa.org/symphony.html http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/lesbio.html - Original Message - From: dhbailey To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 4:25 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop s

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-14 Thread dhbailey
Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: PC: 100% And if this posting appears with any additions to the subject line (as my last one did,) cool your heels: my ISP assures me it doesn't originate with them, nor have I had any similar situations with any other grouplist. Les Marsden Founding Music

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Jari Williamsson
Christopher Smith wrote: Unless you're like Jari and me, whose computer use is up to 125.8% of what is possible... 8-) Well, actually, my computer's use is up to 142.12%, but I have to remove the standard 4.31% because it's set up in a human environment. Thus the 125.8%... I wouldn't cons

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Dec 13, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Jón Kristinn Cortez wrote: 95% desktop, then it must be 5% laptop Unless you're like Jari and me, whose computer use is up to 125.8% of what is possible... 8-) Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread John Roberts
Desktop, almost always. (Now with my new-to-me 24" monitor, as soon as I clear enough desk space to install it :-) John Roberts ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Michael L. Meyer
Laptop 90% of the time overall, but I use my desktop for most of my Finale stuff. -- Mike ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Bob Morabito
Desktop On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:29 AM, Henry E. Howey wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I do 60-70% of my work. If my observation of an observed group of undergraduate students is accura

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
PC: 100% And if this posting appears with any additions to the subject line (as my last one did,) cool your heels: my ISP assures me it doesn't originate with them, nor have I had any similar situations with any other grouplist. Les Marsden Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Jón Kristinn Cortez
95% desktop, then it must be 5% laptop Cortez ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Dalvin Boone
Desktop. Dalvin Boone ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Bruce Clausen
Desktop. I'm a fossil who still works first/second drafts in hard copy and then transfers/edits to computer. Bruce Clausen - Original Message - From: "Rick Neal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Desktop

RE: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Richard Willis
Multi-tasking *grin* Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lora Crighton Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:09 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey --- Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:30 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: If I were to switch to a laptop-only setup, I'd need a docking station at home and portable mouse for carrying with me. I don't know what I'd do about MIDI, though, or whether or not most docking stations have speaker connections. You could

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Thu, December 13, 2007 12:32 pm, David W. Fenton wrote: > The laptop > *is* a $deity-send when I go to the library and need to take notes > for my research, but otherwise, it's not that big an advantage as I'd > thought it would be. I agree with David about it not being as significant as some f

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Lora Crighton
--- Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: > > > On Dec 13, 2007 12:29 AM, Henry E. Howey > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think we need a list survey of laptop versus > desktop usage. > > > > 78.6% desktop use, the remaining 47

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread David W. Fenton
On 13 Dec 2007 at 14:11, dc wrote: > Anyone who uses a computer > professionally needs at least two machines, so why not one of each? They do? Up until September of 2007, I managed to run my computer consulting business entirely with one desktop computer and no laptop (since 1994). I contempla

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread David W. Fenton
On 12 Dec 2007 at 23:29, Henry E. Howey wrote: > I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I > do 60-70% of my work. > > If my observation of an observed group of undergraduate students is > accurate, they are closer to 90% in laptop usage. I recently became a laptop

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: On Dec 13, 2007 12:29 AM, Henry E. Howey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. 78.6% desktop use, the remaining 47.2% on laptop. Bwahh! You made me spit my tea! Actually, your proport

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Carl Donsbach
All desktop for the moment. However, having been good most of the year, I am hoping to get a laptop for Christmas, and will be trying Finale on that in the coming months. I don't expect to completely abandon the desktop computer, but am encouraged by how many on this list are using laptops.

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread VincentL10
Desktop for Finale 2006 and 2007, and Laptop for 2008 thanks to OS restrictions until my Pro Tools hardware is updated. I have a DVI switch so I can go back and forth between them using the studio 23 inch dispaly amd MIDI setup. The laptop networks over a wireless router. Work percentage

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Jack Ellis
su.edu<mailto:finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:29 PM Subject: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I do 60-70% of my work.

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Ray Horton
Desktop here. Use wife's laptop on tour buses .05 % of time. (Hate it.) Raymond Horton --- "Henry E. Howey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Rick Neal
007 10:19 AM >To: finale@shsu.edu >Subject: Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey > > >So the people who have answered 'laptop' -- do you use it without screens, >external keyboards, etc.? Or docked to become a desktop-like computer? In >which case, yeah, we

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Lora Crighton
--- Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So the people who have answered 'laptop' -- do you > use it without screens, > external keyboards, etc.? Or docked to become a > desktop-like computer? In > which case, yeah, we have two laptops here at home. > :) > I have a mouse, keyboar

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Thu, December 13, 2007 9:25 am, Martin Banner wrote: > I work at home on a 15" Mac G4 laptop, with separate 17" screen, plus > wireless mouse and wireless full size keyboard, connected (wireless) to > my HP Laserjet 2300dn Good you clarified. When the question was asked, I though it suggested a

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Hans Swinnen
2 laptops, one with a 22' external monitor for music, no more desktop. Hans On Dec 12, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Henry E. Howey wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.e

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Lora Crighton
--- "Henry E. Howey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we need a list survey of laptop versus > desktop usage. > > I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real > machine upon which I > do 60-70% of my work. > > If my observation of an observed group of > undergraduate students is > ac

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Martin Banner
I work at home on a 15" Mac G4 laptop, with separate 17" screen, plus wireless mouse and wireless full size keyboard, connected (wireless) to my HP Laserjet 2300dn Martin Banner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://li

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Jari Williamsson
On Dec 13, 2007 12:29 AM, Henry E. Howey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. 78.6% desktop use, the remaining 47.2% on laptop. Christmas tip: You can turn your Finale-laptop into a kind of Playstation by using pivot on the laptop while try

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread shirling & neueweise
at the moment 100% quasi-portable (really desktop): in spring 2005 a fully-loaded mac mini was a good solution (price vs. need vs. functionality) for me because i work at home **all** the time, and when i travel i usually have a place i can set up for as long as i am there; the whole computer

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Richard Smith
Mostly desktop for the serious work. The laptop is for classroom and quick work. My desktop sounds much better, has more resources and is faster so I prefer to work on it. Richard Smith http://www.rgsmithmusic.com Chuck Israels wrote: I'm in the desktop camp. Chuck On Dec 12, 2007, at 9:29

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Thu, December 13, 2007 12:29 am, Henry E. Howey wrote: > I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. My laptop is only for travel. I'm a touch-typist (alpha and numeric), and laptop keyboards don't have enough keys or vertical key travel, plus I like large screens and there's

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Lawrence David Eden
On Dec 13, 2007 12:29 AM, Henry E. Howey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. 100% desktop for me. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Adam Taylor
On Dec 13, 2007 12:29 AM, Henry E. Howey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I do 60-70% of my work. I use my laptop more than my desktop for Finale purposes. I found that

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:29 AM 12/13/2007, Henry E. Howey wrote: >I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. I use my desktop about 75% of the time -- but more like 95% for Finale. A lot of what I do is transcribing or editing from existing sources, and I need to have my copy holder on my desk

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Dec 13, 2007 12:29 AM, Henry E. Howey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. > > I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I > do 60-70% of my work. It's about 50/50 on both, but right now, since I'm on holiday wit

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread John Howell
At 11:29 PM -0600 12/12/07, Henry E. Howey wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I do 60-70% of my work. If my observation of an observed group of undergraduate students is accurate, they are c

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Johannes Gebauer
100% Laptop. I couldn't live without it. My next machine will be a laptop again. For what it is worth, I don't even use a second monitor, although I am always tempted to get one. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de __

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-13 Thread Leigh Daniels
For me it's about 85% desktop (because of my 30" display!) and 15% laptop. **Leigh On Wed, Dec 12, 2007, Henry E. Howey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. > >I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I >do 60-70%

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-12 Thread Rick Neal
Laptop for the last four years. Rick Neal Henry E. Howey wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I do 60-70% of my work. If my observation of an observed group of undergraduate students is acc

Re: [Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-12 Thread Chuck Israels
I'm in the desktop camp. Chuck On Dec 12, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Henry E. Howey wrote: I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I do 60-70% of my work. If my observation of an observed group of undergr

[Finale] Desktop versus laptop survey

2007-12-12 Thread Henry E. Howey
I think we need a list survey of laptop versus desktop usage. I, for example, have both, but my laptop is my real machine upon which I do 60-70% of my work. If my observation of an observed group of undergraduate students is accurate, they are closer to 90% in laptop usage. Henry Howey Professo