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<blockquote data-quote="dave421" data-source="post: 958109" data-attributes="member: 124056"><p>mostro,</p><p></p><p>Personally, I find the 13" to be the best overall size for travel & work. I've owned 8.9", 10", & 11.6" netbooks. I've owned 13", 15", & 17" PC laptops and 13" white Macbook and my 13" unibody MBP. </p><p></p><p>The netbooks were fantastic for travel. I threw them in whatever I was carrying (including zip-up planners) and went on my way. The problem came from actually USING them. The very large majority of them have only 572 or 600 vertical resolution and you end up cutting off the bottom of dialog boxes and windows and end up having an overabundance of scrolling for pretty much everything. The larger netbooks do have a more useable 768 vertical resolution but they still suffer from the other netbook deficiency of a lack of processing power. The 1.6 Atom processor is great for web surfing, email, & light word processing but is completely overwhelmed if you need to run multiple programs at once or do any kind of more intensive work. It was enough for me to get rid of them and go to a 13" Macbook which was a massive improvement in functionality while only slightly less portable than most 10" & larger netbooks. I liked it so much that I sold it (I bought it off a friend that upgraded) and bought a 13" unibody MBP. Oddly, the small differences in size & weight are noticeable for traveling. The only negative is that the aluminum surface is a bit slicker than I prefer.</p><p></p><p>As for home use, I think that really depends on the person. I have relegated all my other laptops to other uses now. My 17" is sitting in my office where I haven't turned it on in a few weeks. I loaned my 15" to my parents so that they'd both have a laptop that they can use without the other one closing their documents or otherwise screwing them up. I use the 13" MBP as my every day computer now and haven't really had too many regrets other than the occasional wish for a larger screen while watching a movie or something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dave421, post: 958109, member: 124056"] mostro, Personally, I find the 13" to be the best overall size for travel & work. I've owned 8.9", 10", & 11.6" netbooks. I've owned 13", 15", & 17" PC laptops and 13" white Macbook and my 13" unibody MBP. The netbooks were fantastic for travel. I threw them in whatever I was carrying (including zip-up planners) and went on my way. The problem came from actually USING them. The very large majority of them have only 572 or 600 vertical resolution and you end up cutting off the bottom of dialog boxes and windows and end up having an overabundance of scrolling for pretty much everything. The larger netbooks do have a more useable 768 vertical resolution but they still suffer from the other netbook deficiency of a lack of processing power. The 1.6 Atom processor is great for web surfing, email, & light word processing but is completely overwhelmed if you need to run multiple programs at once or do any kind of more intensive work. It was enough for me to get rid of them and go to a 13" Macbook which was a massive improvement in functionality while only slightly less portable than most 10" & larger netbooks. I liked it so much that I sold it (I bought it off a friend that upgraded) and bought a 13" unibody MBP. Oddly, the small differences in size & weight are noticeable for traveling. The only negative is that the aluminum surface is a bit slicker than I prefer. As for home use, I think that really depends on the person. I have relegated all my other laptops to other uses now. My 17" is sitting in my office where I haven't turned it on in a few weeks. I loaned my 15" to my parents so that they'd both have a laptop that they can use without the other one closing their documents or otherwise screwing them up. I use the 13" MBP as my every day computer now and haven't really had too many regrets other than the occasional wish for a larger screen while watching a movie or something. [/QUOTE]
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