MBP vs. Mac Mini + Netbook

I've been working freelance for the past few years and so my laptop has been my daily computer; but I just recently took at new full time job where I use an iMac at the office (provided by the company.)

So my 13" MBP which is less than 6 months old is getting really underused these days.

I'm thinking about selling it and buying a Mac Mini that i would use as a media center, and a netbook that I would use for email/web stuff etc.

My reservations are this: People say that netbooks aren't suitable as a primary computer, that they are really secondary computers, but if the mini is my media center, it doesn't seem ideal as my primary either. Especially since it will be plugged into my 720p TV (are there TVs that look suitable as monitors? or do that all look kinda sub par?)

Here's the things I would use the netbook for: email, browsing, iPhone syncing (apps, music, photos etc.) MS office/iWork, quickbooks, iWeb, and on rare occasions photoshop/indesign.

I know I could just plug my MBP into the tv, and leave it there until I need it, and essentially do both jobs with it, but, then I'll have all kinds of media loaded onto it that I may not want (maybe an ext. HDD solves that) but then when I want to work while my wife was to watches a movie...

I'd love to get people's thoughts/experiences on this.

Thanks.

 

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

So assuming I keep the MBP and have it do double duty as primary computer and media center, does anyone have advice for media storage?

I have an airport extreme so if I plug in an ext hdd to it and put all my media on it , when my MBP is plugged into the tv will I be able to stream media from the ext drive over my wireless network? And will it all be visible in front row?

Thanks in advance for your advice.