I really don't understand how someone can go from working on a machine with 3 monitors to one with a 12" screen, but I guess that's just me.

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It's not as easy to carry the machine with 3 monitors the house... you know, kitchen, bathroom, etc...

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yeah... Though actually, just this moment I am drawing on the G4 tower (which is slower than the laptop) just because I didn't feel like swapping the big monitor cable and the USB periphs and such. Once I am more organized (something I'm going to be working on today) that won't be as much of a problem.

Honestly, I never draw when I'm sitting anywhere but my desk, and that's where I need the screen real estate (and the sketch tablet and stuff). For writing, coding, etc, 1024x768 at 12 inches is usually just fine.

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I just installed the Sonnet 1.4GHz G4 upgrade chip this weekend. When you have money again, I suggest you do the same.

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how much is it?

I mean, seeing as how I have a 1Ghz powerbook, its not an absolute priority, but sometimes it is nice to be on a desktop instead of a laptop.

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$600 currently. The price will undoubtedly come down over time. I went from 733MHz with a 512k l3 cache to 1.4GHz with a 2meg DDR l3 cache and man, is it great!

If only there was someone to make my 800MHz iBook perform like this...

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If only there was someone to make my 800MHz iBook perform like this...

There is, you buy a powerbook... duh...

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Sigh... I should've, but nooooo... I wanted the student special!

but then again, it definitely doesn't compete for my time with the G4. they are for very different purposes. I just don't like when I do something that makes the computer chime, but like, it has to spin up the hard disk to find the sound to play the chime, so it's like, 5 seconds late...

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Yeah, I get the value of portability, but I can't see doing any sort of graphics on that tiny screen. I found my iBook pretty annoying just for writing code, and that doesn't really require much screen real estate. Or maybe it does; I actually prefer coding on my tiBook rather than my iMac, because the screen's a bit wider and the vertical space that's given up doesn't bother me as much.

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I just use my iBook for homework or IM... Even then I noticed how the 800MHz G3 was whupped by the 733 G4. Sigh. But the screen is the same resolution as my stupid 15" flat panel for the G4, so I didn't notice real estate issues until I added a high-res 17" CRT to the G4.

Coding takes a lot of realestate for me, but I never do it at home. I have taken a liking to IDEs (particularly IDEA, since we use Java at work) and they tend to take up a lot of space.

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well, like he said, my 15" LCD only does 1024x768 anyway... so the screen resolution is exactly the same, and I really don't care about the physical screen size all that much. Still, for graphic work, you really do have to hook up an external monitor. Once I do, no problem though.

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oh, the 3rd monitor was never necessary... it was always just a convenience. I always drew with just two of them, and I'd use the 3rd for Mail and AIM sessions and what not.

The Powerbook does have an external monitor port, so I can do two monitors just fine.

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