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<blockquote data-quote="Kokopelli" data-source="post: 89537"><p>You have significantly less screen real estate with the 12" but you learn to adapt. I usually have a second monitor attached and make use of Virtue to split things up into logical screens. If you like to run and see the visual output of multiple programs at the same time you have less room with the 12" then you do larger laptops, that is fairly self evident. I am not convinced that this is a significant disadvantage though.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of screen size you can (and usually will) have multiple programs running at the same time. Switching between apps is basically the same in Windows and OS X, you can alt-tab or select the app in the Dock. You can minimize, which is the same idea as Windows, or you can hide a running app. Minimizing is done on a window by window basis whereas hiding hides the entire app, either way the app continues to run. That is the general idea anyway.</p><p></p><p>I have been using ultra portables for almost 4 years now. It does take some adapting to but it is not detrimental to normal use. For me the portability and weight were worth sacrificing a bit of screen space for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kokopelli, post: 89537"] You have significantly less screen real estate with the 12" but you learn to adapt. I usually have a second monitor attached and make use of Virtue to split things up into logical screens. If you like to run and see the visual output of multiple programs at the same time you have less room with the 12" then you do larger laptops, that is fairly self evident. I am not convinced that this is a significant disadvantage though. Regardless of screen size you can (and usually will) have multiple programs running at the same time. Switching between apps is basically the same in Windows and OS X, you can alt-tab or select the app in the Dock. You can minimize, which is the same idea as Windows, or you can hide a running app. Minimizing is done on a window by window basis whereas hiding hides the entire app, either way the app continues to run. That is the general idea anyway. I have been using ultra portables for almost 4 years now. It does take some adapting to but it is not detrimental to normal use. For me the portability and weight were worth sacrificing a bit of screen space for. [/QUOTE]
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