J Kinkaid
How big is your laptop screen that you use while out on the road ?
Robert Dewey
EF5
I'm actually looking to downsize. I use my notebook more for business, and it's a pain carrying it around (first was 17, now 15, and I want to go even smaller)... plus (and this is a big plus), it's not that good on battery life. I'm looking at a 13 inch MacBook as my next upgrade.
Jim Hunt
EF2
I have a Gateway 17" widescreen (tablet) which is nice but a smaller once would be better. However, I cannot complain as it is issued from work and costs me nothing.
If I was buying however, i would get a ThinkPad X60 for the road. I saw one recently from the vendor and it sure is sweet.
If I was buying however, i would get a ThinkPad X60 for the road. I saw one recently from the vendor and it sure is sweet.
Andrew Herron
EF3
I love my Toshiba Portege 3110CT. It's not as fast as I'd like but its footprint is smaller than an 11x8.5" sheet of paper and less than an inch thick.
Greg Campbell
EF5
I've got a mini tower computer stashed behind the passenger seat, with the video screen on the dash. Driving a passenger car, a 15" is all I have room for. A smaller screen wouldn't hurt.
JF Massicotte
EF3
I have a 15" and downgrading wouln't hurt....
I am looking to one of those GPS with radars so I can use my laptop only on data stops: much safer alternative and better space organisation.
I am looking to one of those GPS with radars so I can use my laptop only on data stops: much safer alternative and better space organisation.
Ryan McGinnis
EF5
I have a 17 inch, but need the high resolution for Photoshop. If I were going to Jotto-desk a laptop, I'd get one much smaller.
Brett Adair
EF5
17, but I plan on getting a 15" in the near future.
Stuart Robinson
EF5
I run with an old Dell C640 (14.1 inch) this is about a big as you want to go in the car - ok 15 inch being tops!
What is more important is the resolution of the screen - if you can run 1280 * 1024 on 14" screen then that would do me fine - if I can find a laptop thesedays that support this? - the trend now seems to be 17" and bigger
What is more important is the resolution of the screen - if you can run 1280 * 1024 on 14" screen then that would do me fine - if I can find a laptop thesedays that support this? - the trend now seems to be 17" and bigger
Tim Samaras
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Big, big, big!
I'd get the biggest screen one can get. I like the 'real estate' it offers to run programs side-by-side.
My motto:
If one can fit a 15 inch....you can fit a 17 inch!
Back in the mid 90s, I took a reciprocating saw to my dash in my '91 Caravan and stuck a 15" CRT monitor in the center with a 486DX33 desktop behind the drivers seat. Didn't need the stupid radio or HVAC controls.....
Embarrassed to say what I have now.....
Tim
I'd get the biggest screen one can get. I like the 'real estate' it offers to run programs side-by-side.
My motto:
If one can fit a 15 inch....you can fit a 17 inch!
Back in the mid 90s, I took a reciprocating saw to my dash in my '91 Caravan and stuck a 15" CRT monitor in the center with a 486DX33 desktop behind the drivers seat. Didn't need the stupid radio or HVAC controls.....
Embarrassed to say what I have now.....
Tim
J Kinkaid
I find myself using the 12.1 Dell 700m over the monster 9300 dispite the fact that the 9300 smooths
Tom Stefanac
EF2
How about two 17 inch screens side by side? Double your desktop space!
I "plan" to in the future once I get a ram mount. You just cant beat two screens, 1 for radar and 1 for navigation =)
I "plan" to in the future once I get a ram mount. You just cant beat two screens, 1 for radar and 1 for navigation =)
Jerry Prsha
EF4
Funny that you mention this... I installed a 14" Touchscreen on my dash for chasing purposes so that i didn't need a mouse or trackball/pad so often. But I find myself thinking about putting my laptop next to this screen instead of packed in the back.
Then I come full circle to needing a input device of using the trackpad on the computer again.. (sigh)
Jp
