Suggestions on a 17" laptop
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I have this 17.3"-er and it's absolutely amazing. The trackpad, keyboard, and screen are all as close to flawless and fun to use as I've ever seen on a laptop. The case itself is pretty ugly, but other than that I highly recommend it. Battery life is average.
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Nice.
Though the idea of not worrying about updates/virus scanners, etc - I'm hoping the chromebook works out for them.
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I made really good money selling 21.3" Acer's back in the day, not sure they're still a thing.
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@MattSpeller said:
I made really good money selling 21.3" Acer's back in the day, not sure they're still a thing.
How does one use a laptop of that size?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@MattSpeller said:
I made really good money selling 21.3" Acer's back in the day, not sure they're still a thing.
How does one use a laptop of that size?
With a forklift for transportation it wasn't too bad
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I can't even stand to use a 17" anymore, let alone something like that. That is SO much bigger than a 17"!
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@scottalanmiller said:
I can't even stand to use a 17" anymore, let alone something like that. That is SO much bigger than a 17"!
One dude was a long haul trucker, obvious application there.
Another attached it to the top of his mobility scooter. Lid closed it was a table.
They were obscenely heavy. And apparently 20.1", I got my merds wixed.
http://gizmodo.com/191388/acer-aspire-9800-201-inch-laptop-with-hd-dvd-released
Edit: not even 1080P
http://www.notebookreview.com/news/acer-aspire-9800-20-1-screen-laptop-announced-specs/ -
At some point you stop using laptops and start using a small desktop and a laptop.
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I've been running with Toshiba for the last 12 years. I usually get a good 4-5 years out of them. For what it sounds like they want these should be plenty of computer.
http://us.toshiba.com/laptop-finder/?N=4294967173+20905+4294967170 -
I'm really not a fan of any of the consumer series devices. Sure you can find tons of people who had great luck, but I've hear enough issues that I'd rather just stick with a business class machine.
Money is not a top issue here either.
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@Dashrender said:
I'd rather just stick with a business class machine.
Money is not a top issue here either.
A vanilla model you can load up
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np3670-clevo-p670rz-1.html -
@scottalanmiller said:
I can't even stand to use a 17" anymore, let alone something like that. That is SO much bigger than a 17"!
I can't stand to use anything less than a 17". I thought I could, but I'm returning the XPS 15 I recently ordered in favor of the 17" Inspiron I'm on as I type this. I think it's mostly just that I have a really tall torso so the distance between the screen and my eyes is far above normal, making everything less comfortable to see without hunching over pretty hard. 17"-ers solve this problem with a bigger screen and typically being less thin and getting it up closer to your face. that said if there was a 20" laptop I'd grab that in a heartbeat. I used to tote a Dell M2010 around college and it was amazing. In auditorium classes I'd detach the keyboard and put the box in the row next to me and be able to read and see it fine. I think it was 20.1 inches at 1680x1050 or something like that. The day they stopped making those my heart broke.
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It really was the baddest ass notebook-class computer ( at least it was for me, I'm sure it was too big and heavy for all demographics to carry around ) in human history. folded up like a brief case for easy portability. I'd get compliments on it all day long every day around campus.
http://www.theenglishmall.com/images/product/776/d9fd4fd23aba495eac53f4424345fe19.jpg
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Here's how it looked folded ( when you'd carry it ).
http://www.bloomberg.com/ss/08/10/1031_dell_laptop/image/xps_m2010_closed_300.jpg
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@creayt said:
I think it's mostly just that I have a really tall torso so the distance between the screen and my eyes is far above normal, making everything less comfortable to see without hunching over pretty hard.So, basically, you need a shorter chair.
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Yeah, I'm with Creayt - working from a 15" or (kill me) an 11" - man I'd rather die I think!
I have a pair of 22" monitors on my desk which suit me fine. I'd be happy with a pair of 19 if that's all I could have.. but doing day to day work from a 15" would just be super painful.
it's one thing to surf the web at home on a 13.3 (my Yoga Pro 2). But when I want to do actual work, I go to my office with the pair of 19's.
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@art_of_shred said:
@creayt said:
I think it's mostly just that I have a really tall torso so the distance between the screen and my eyes is far above normal, making everything less comfortable to see without hunching over pretty hard.So, basically, you need a shorter chair.
It's funny that you say that, because to compensate sometimes I drop my chair down as low as it can possibly go, which looks funny to most people, and put my arms as far into the desk as possible to approximate my face to the screen. Doesn't particularly work in public places like coffee shops and airports where there aren't adjustable chairs, and isn't particularly comfortable. Sharug.
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@Dashrender said:
Yeah, I'm with Creayt - working from a 15" or (kill me) an 11" - man I'd rather die I think!
I have a pair of 22" monitors on my desk which suit me fine. I'd be happy with a pair of 19 if that's all I could have.. but doing day to day work from a 15" would just be super painful.
it's one thing to surf the web at home on a 13.3 (my Yoga Pro 2). But when I want to do actual work, I go to my office with the pair of 19's.
Which reminds me. I've tried using a laptop stand to get the screen higher and even tried that at coffee shops before. You always hit an issue w/ getting it closer to your face and still having room to type comfortably ( or at least I do ). I'm totally w/ you on wanting bigger, real monitors to do actual work on. I just sold my rig and 3x 27" monitors to upgrade to a 40" 4k screen and now when I use anything but I want to cut my wrists. Big screens = big productivity IMHO.
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I'm not sure I could go back to a single monitor for daily driver. My pair of 22's is about perfect. I might like a pair of 27's, but I'm thinking that would be the max without pushing them about 3 feet back from me. Right now when I'm sitting in my desired location, i can just barely reach out and touch the screens.
My screens are about 40 Inches wide by 12 inches tall.
The dual monitors gives you some advantages over a single, mainly in windowing/full screen modes, but the other thing I really like is the format. Super wide (40 inches) yet not super tall (12 inches) I think I would like something more akin to 40 x 15 or 40 x 17, but eh.
Any wider than 40 inches, say I went to pair of 27" monitors (would be around 45-48 inches wide) I'm guessing I would start noticing neck fatigue from twisting left and right switching between screens.
I'm not a programmers - i don't spend most of my day in a single app writing lines of code that are only 80 or so characters wide. In that situation I can definitely see where a single larger monitor would be nice.
Any time you spend the majority of your time in a single window, you're probably perfectly happy with a single large display.
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@Dashrender I've got a 32" 2k at home, and it about fills up my field of vision while sitting at a comfortable distance. My old 24" is mounted on a swing arm beside it. It's a great setup that lets me concentrate most of my attention on one screen and still have reference material a glance away. The fact that that the 2nd monitor is on a swing arm means I can still use the computer while sitting on the couch. /me spoiled@home
