Digital BW, The Print

I used to be a Toshiba fan, but got a good deal on a Dell Latitude C640
through work.  2.0 GHz, 512 MB of RAM (could get bumped up to 1 gig for
serious photo work), 15" screen 1400x1050 (woohoo!), ATI Radeon 7500 mobile
video chipset, internal 802.11b wireless networking, etc.  I'm a
unruly-software programmer by trade, so this is desktop-replacement sort of
machine, but still pretty small and light, considering.  Since my laptop is
about twice as fast as any desktop machine I have at home these days, I do
all of my photo work on it.  I sometimes use an external monitor if I'm at
my desk, but find that the difference isn't terribly important for me.  One
nice touch is being able to run a fairly primitive dual-monitor setup on it,
CRT for the image and LCD for the palettes, etc.

	As for calibration, gamut, and whatnot... well... yes, I know my LCD is
probably terrible at reproduction, but somehow it works out for me.  Perhaps
my PS "perceptual adjustment" curves take into account that which would
bother me, but I really can't honestly say.

	Oh, and having used the Tablet PC's here at work, I would definitely veto
them for imaging work.  They're slow.  Wickedly cool, but terribly *slow*.

	If you're just trying to save space, a laptop is a poor way to go.  For the
money, you're always better off with a desktop and a hot LCD screen.  But if
you want to go mobile ... go for a nice screen, a good video card, tons of
memory, and lots of processor.

Henrik wrote:

> I am using a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 - 1.7Ghz 1Gb ram 30Gb HDD 15" LCD,
> CDRW/DVD Bluetooth/WiFi - though not as my main machine but this was bought
> so when I go out and photograph I can use it to edit on the run.

> > Hi. Is anyone here using a notebook PC to edit digital images? I'm
>> considering making the switch from PC tower/monitor to notebook (for
>> space saving reasons) and I'd appreciate recommendations regarding
>> screen type, video card, etc. which you've found to work best.