The netbook owner's club thread inspired me, as a meganote owner, to create a discussion thread about the pros and cons of each.
I prefer using a large laptop for a number of reasons:
1: The usually larger resolutions. I never run anything but movies and games in fullscreen, and I always have three or more windows open at the same time, something that 1280x800 or 1024x600 just won't cut it for.
2: The size. I'm very often on the move, and I watch movies on my laptop, something a large screen is very nice for.
3: The numpad and the full-size keyboard. Alt codes, calculators and dedicated NumLock, Printscreen and other buttons just makes everything so much easier over the Fn button codes, and the full-size keyboard has several advantages; full-size spacebar, backspace and enter buttons, no getting-used-to-time, and no change between that and a real keyboard.
4: The hardware. Obviously the hardware in a larger notebook is superiour to that of a much smaller one, even in power saving mode. Since I use my laptop for everything, I like having powerful hardware capable of doing what my desktop can; gaming, rendering, HD movies and other performance-hungry things. The larger form factor also enables manufacturers to put larger, more effective and more silent cooling solutions into the computer.
5: Expandability and upgradability. Unlike smaller (even medium sized) laptops, most 17-inchers allow users to replace almost everything. MXM is far more popular in larger sizes, and it's not as hard to access memory and CPU. There are also usually more USB ports, SmartCard and PCMCIA slots.
6: Battery. The larger form factor enables cheaper batteries, as the cells don't have to be made very small, allowing cheaper materials to be used. More expensive batteries can also pack up to 12 cells, for up to ten hours of battery life, depending on the laptop.
7: Those little extra pheripherals. Most larger laptops have extra media buttons, fingerprint readers, SmartCard readers, HD suspension, shock protection and so on.
The list goes on, but I'll leave the rest for the debate. Don't take this thread 100% seriously
I prefer using a large laptop for a number of reasons:
1: The usually larger resolutions. I never run anything but movies and games in fullscreen, and I always have three or more windows open at the same time, something that 1280x800 or 1024x600 just won't cut it for.
2: The size. I'm very often on the move, and I watch movies on my laptop, something a large screen is very nice for.
3: The numpad and the full-size keyboard. Alt codes, calculators and dedicated NumLock, Printscreen and other buttons just makes everything so much easier over the Fn button codes, and the full-size keyboard has several advantages; full-size spacebar, backspace and enter buttons, no getting-used-to-time, and no change between that and a real keyboard.
4: The hardware. Obviously the hardware in a larger notebook is superiour to that of a much smaller one, even in power saving mode. Since I use my laptop for everything, I like having powerful hardware capable of doing what my desktop can; gaming, rendering, HD movies and other performance-hungry things. The larger form factor also enables manufacturers to put larger, more effective and more silent cooling solutions into the computer.
5: Expandability and upgradability. Unlike smaller (even medium sized) laptops, most 17-inchers allow users to replace almost everything. MXM is far more popular in larger sizes, and it's not as hard to access memory and CPU. There are also usually more USB ports, SmartCard and PCMCIA slots.
6: Battery. The larger form factor enables cheaper batteries, as the cells don't have to be made very small, allowing cheaper materials to be used. More expensive batteries can also pack up to 12 cells, for up to ten hours of battery life, depending on the laptop.
7: Those little extra pheripherals. Most larger laptops have extra media buttons, fingerprint readers, SmartCard readers, HD suspension, shock protection and so on.
The list goes on, but I'll leave the rest for the debate. Don't take this thread 100% seriously
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
