That was my thought, hook it up to a nice 21/24" display and wireless mouse for photo-editing. Otherwise use the built in screen for everything else.
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > External monitors are your friend. While I can work on the 16" 16:9 > monitor that's built in, I do most of my editing work when I'm at home > with a 21" CRT running at 1836x1392. > > One of the nice things about HP is they still make docking stations. > I've got one so I just need to plug in a single cable and stick the > laptop in the cradle and all of my peripherals are connected (Monitor, > keyboard & mouse, ethernet, external drives, 2 scanners, printer, > speakers, etc). > > -Adam > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Stan Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. >> >> stan >> >> On Jun 14, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Gonz wrote: >> >>> My old desktop PC died, where I had photoshop, scanning software, etc. >>> It was hardly able to keep up with photoshop, and it had a hard time >>> with the new fangled USB 2.0 card reader that I used to read my 8Gb >>> SDHC cards, the previous generation reader was ok, but could not read >>> the SDHC cards. >>> >>> So my question is: are the newer laptops (mid-range) able to handle >>> photoshop ok? I'm leaning towards laptop, as the portability makes it >>> way more convenient than a desktop. But I fear that they do not have >>> the horsepower of desktops and I will have a difficult time using >>> photoshop. >>> >>> Any experiences or opinions? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Gonz >>> >>> -- >>> -- Reduce your Government Footprint >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > 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. > -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
