Digital BW, The Print

ellery,

what was recommended in the previous post was "a used, cheap" PC 
notebook - they are definitely not the thing to buy if you want to be 
able to work and get a consistent result  -and - PC's have never been 
the choice for graphics work - they are not designed for graphics work 
and PC operating systems are well known for their inconsistencies and 
problems. If you want to be able to work - instead of spending lots of 
time trying to get the stuff to work - you should get a mac. note this 
previous post:

Message: 6
    Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:33:31 -0000
    From: "Peter Nelson" <pnweb@...>
Subject: Wintel Junk - (was desktop-replacement notebooks)


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Joe Dempsey"
<jdempsey@c...> wrote:
> If you shop around, you can get a good deal. I got the
> Toshiba for 1,800 at BestBuy and financed for 12 months
> with no interest.

After our experience withu Toshiba we have no interest in it either.

In July we bought a Toshiba Satellite which hangs at random while any
USB device is attached to it.  We've wiped the disk and reinstalled
from the CD-ROM; we sent it back to Toshiba where they upgraded the
BIOS at the factory, but still no luck, and Toshiba has no clue what
to do next.  Since it only happens at random, several times a day,
it's hard to reproduce.    On top of that, after installing XP SP2 we
now get occasional BSD's, something we didn't have before.

This is my first experience with Toshiba, and it certainly gives me
the impression it's a piece of $#!+.   On the other hand, as a
software engineer who writes C++ for Win32, I could tell you horror
stories about what's inside the Windows OS.    Frankly I'm amazed it
works at all!

If I had it to do all over again I would get an Apple notebook.
Wintel is just too flakey and unreliable.




As for Macs being more expensive than PC's that's a myth - if you 
compare apples to apples you'll find that in many cases you pay more 
for PC's - and that's not figuring in resale and obsoleteness - the 
average PC is obsolete after two years - - Macs after seven...

The entry level iBook is not the choice for pros - true - it has a 
lower res screen as well but they can certainly do the job. However, 
for me - and most photogs, the choice is the 15.2" G4 model - the 17" 
is lovely but too big to fit any of my bags so when I replaced my 
Titanium I got another 15'2" - perfect and plenty fast.

As for working with it - I've never had any problems to get perfectly 
balanced images/prints from my Powerbooks - what I see is what i get - 
and the screens have/do match my desktop monitors.

I never go anywhere without my powerbook...=*^)

And, yes, you can certainly use the Powerbook as your main unit - I was 
on the road for a year and used the Titanium only for that time.... 
Just be sure to calibrate the screen and you'll be good to go -  I have 
friends who do magazine work using only an older Titanium Powerbook and 
the work is stunning....=*^)

best,

Christer


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On Oct 7, 2004, at 10:58 AM, 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Message: 12
>    Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:21:53 +0800
>    From: "ellery" <ellery@...>
> Subject: RE: Re: desktop-replacement notebooks (was Re: QTR/OSX/7600 
> -- upgrade report)
>
> Christer,
>
> Could you elaborate on why it is possible to color calibrate the LCD 
> on a
> PowerBooks but not the LCD on a PC ? In theory with the Spyder and 
> software
> you should be able to calibrate the LCD's on  both OS systems.
>
> How well it work ie your head placement relative to LCD screen ect is 
> well
> relative. I hear from Mac users that if you want power on the road the
> entery level iBook is not a good way to go only the top end PowerBooks 
> will
> be able to do it.
>
> Would you be able to work with only the PowerBook  as the only 
> computer as
> opposed to 1 for out of the office and another for the office ?

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