New Laptop with Large Monitor, or Desktop?
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I'd say laptop + big monitor.
My setup = 13 Inch i5 2.67GHz Dell, 8GB Ram, 128GB SSD(upgraded recently), 500GB HDD, with a 24" Samsung Monitor.
All for under £600.
My laptop outperforms the iMacs we have in the office, although it's speakers are pretty much headphone sin output...
I very varely use my laptop screen, but it allows me to be portable between hotdesks at work/home and with some compromises (Alt+Tab instead of a swivel of the head) I can also use it for all my work.
Replace 'Dell' and 'Samsung' with 'Apple' if you want, multiply the price by 4 and you'll probably be quite happy.
I only really see the need for Desktops if you're a video editor, crazy gamer or have a very poor workflow and require Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and 5 browsers open at once.
I feel over the last few years Portable Hardware Power has accelerated faster than software demands have. I have no perceived loss of productivity or function over a powerful desktop machine in the work I do.
- One downside is my laptop screen is poorly calibrated, and just not that great. I typically code on lappy and view on big monitor though.orrinward2
- monitor though.orrinward2