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Netbook advice

  • 05-03-2011 12:23am
    #1
    Thinspired
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    I'm going travelling for a year and am trying to figure out the best mini laptop/netbook to bring with me. I work in media and have always used Macs but sadly the Macbook Air's price tag is beyond me. I'd prefer something below E400 to be honest just in case I do get parted from it on the road. The smaller and lighter the better - in fact that, along with battery power, is probably the main requirement.

    I'll be using it mainly for running a blog, sending emails, viewing films, uploading photos etc. However I need it to run adobe Indesign CS3 and Photoshop. Is this realistic? I'd obviously only be using one application at a time (mostly Indesign) and it's not to do any really serious work on - it's just to keep me in practice so I don't lose my skills! I know the small screen will be a killer but like I said it's mostly for practice.

    I have tried doing a bit of research but I'm so confused, I heard mention of Indesign needing about 1.6ghz to run properly? Dual core or single core? Buy extra memory or not?

    Any advice would be much appreciated.


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  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Using Indesign or PS is going to be near impossible on a netbook. The resolution of them is just too small, you have literally 0 space to do anything with on the screen with the likes of photoshop open. I think i have photoshop on my old netbook, it "runs" but it's dead slow.

    It'll run, but it wont be pretty!


  • #3
    Thinspired
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Thinspired


    Hmmm I had a feeling that would be the case. To be honest I could live without Photoshop as long as i could use Indesign. I'm mostly into layout design so it'd be mainly for recreating nice layouts I see on mags/papers abroad and using elements of them to create my own templates. Nothing too fancy or exact, just rough templates. Just so I don't get too rusty!


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