Who needs a notebook anymore??

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thanks for the replies...

It is subjective. The new macbooks are very nice. The imac is very attractive.

Over the past five years i have urged many friends and family to switch over to notebooks (mainly windows). Now i am seriously contemplating going back to a desktop. *If only* the imac could be packing into my case and used as a giant iphone when away from the desk.

I'm still pondering the switch. I too love packing my ibook up for travel - but find recently that the iphone is much handier on these occasions.

They are all tools with their pros and cons, you just need to weigh out which tool will work the best for what you need to do.

Personally, the mac pros are too expensive for my desktop needs as I can build a power house with a large multi-monitor setup much cheaper. imacs are too underpowered for my desktop needs, and notebooks don't fit the bill for my desktop needs. In addition, the iphone is too small to do any real work on.

That leaves me with a custom built desktop, a macbook for portable work and an iphone for voice communications and minor connectivity (i.e. email, market, weather, etc etc...). It is very handy for quick minor connectivity but definitely not the same as working from a notebook.

 

[stewonder]

Hmmm, i wonder if there is such a machine.... all the features of an imac, but smaller to fit into a case..... and could be used away from a desk......

why havent apple made this product!!!

hehe

LOL

Indeed.

 

[allmIne]

thanks for the replies...

It is subjective. The new macbooks are very nice. The imac is very attractive.

Over the past five years i have urged many friends and family to switch over to notebooks (mainly windows). Now i am seriously contemplating going back to a desktop. *If only* the imac could be packing into my case and used as a giant iphone when away from the desk.

I'm still pondering the switch. I too love packing my ibook up for travel - but find recently that the iphone is much handier on these occasions.

It does 100 times what the iPhone does while you're at your desk, though.

I have one, and it's really not that great a phone! Well, in my opinion anyway. I also have a MBP, and I use it a lot more than my phone, because it does so much more. The iPhone is good, but good enough to use instead of a laptop? Not a chance.

 

[Dybbuk]

you're insane for using your iphone in bed

seriously that is just an uncomfortable level of nerddom when you have a notebook available

 

[StingerT125]

I have an iPhone but it will never replace my MacBook. The phone is good for when I need a quick look etc., but any serious work needs the keyboard and screen of the notebook.

 

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Your point could validate Apple's reluctance to consider a netbook. The macbooks does stuff like gaming better than the iPhone, while the iPhone does get basic stuff done.
Now, to be able to come up with something between the macbook and iPhone that does not go against their standards is probably causing a major headache for them.

 

[Yr Blues]

As a freelance graphic designer I like to take my work to a coffee shop and such. It gets lonely at home.

 

[stewonder]

Your point could validate Apple's reluctance to consider a netbook. The macbooks does stuff like gaming better than the iPhone, while the iPhone does get basic stuff done.
Now, to be able to come up with something between the macbook and iPhone that does not go against their standards is probably causing a major headache for them.

Yes. If they did a netbook it would be fabulous though.
A netbook would be a third device in my equation - My netbook needs are currently served by the iphone.

I originally started pondering this because of the price increase on the Macbooks - extra £250 in the UK. BUT the unibody macbook is becoming more attractive the more i read. I'm also thinking about the comfort of using a desktop.

Luckily i still have this last gen ibook so i have time to weigh up the pros and cons of its replacement.