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do we feel like talking about mandy's new work laptop? I have two choices that are essentially the same except that one is 12.1" and one is 15".

Posted by amanda May 22 '13, 06:36

here's what you need to know about me:
1) I rarely work at home. when I need to work on a weekend, I just link into the office. I work late rather than take my laptop home.
2) when I do work at home, though, it's in excel (obvs).
3) my laptop stays docked 60% of the time. 40% of the time, I'm in meetings and it's with me in them; usually in meetings I am projecting to a screen, not looking at my own.
3a) often those meetings are in a building a mile away, to which I walk unless it's raining.
4) my current machine has a 14.1" screen and is bulky to carry.
5) in my office, I use my laptop screen as a second screen, but I'm getting another monitor when I get my new laptop. I plan on using my laptop screen once I have two external monitors for a university application that I use half-screen now, so I can easily resize it to full screen.

I should get the smaller machine, right?

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The only thing I could think of that might make you want the larger is if you really really want a number pad on the keyboard for Excel use... - oblique May 22, 06:59 7
- even then, the number pad on the larger wont be a normal size, so you would want a portable one anyways - tRuMaN May 22, 07:14 3
  - I feel like I would sue a number pad so rarely but for the moments I need it, I think portable would be handy. - amanda May 22, 07:25 2
    - yeah, i use my usb pad on the new laptop, i mean, the built in would work in a pinch - tRuMaN May 22, 07:41
    - I *have* to have a numeric keypad. When I had a laptop without one, I tried to hook up an external one it took over the jkl/etc. keys and I would have - zork May 22, 07:32
- my current machine doesn't have that so I'm used to not having it in meetings. I should get an external, though; you're totally right. *just in case.* - amanda May 22, 07:00 2
  - well, my work here is done - oblique May 22, 07:41
  - I have one that I never use. I just taught myself to use the normal numbers in Quickbooks. - spamlet May 22, 07:04
I would go lighter. - spamlet May 22, 06:53 1
- right? right??? (isn't kilbo's number pad idea brilliant?) -- nm - amanda May 22, 07:02
Which is lighter? -- nm - LMS May 22, 06:44 1
- obviously smaller is lighter. I just looked them up. the difference is ... wait for it... 2.5 pounds. holy crap! -- nm - amanda May 22, 06:52
Sounds like that's the one you want. Get the one you want. -- nm - volnelk May 22, 06:39 6
- Yes. -- nm - Strongbad May 22, 06:42 4
  - yeah, I was kind of thinking that someone would say "but it's smaller! you'll go blind!!" but you're all right. -- nm - amanda May 22, 06:43 3
    - There is a lot of value in having a *small* laptop. -- nm - Strongbad May 22, 06:53
    - if you have a separate (larger) monitor it sounds like you will rarely use your laptop one in any event -- nm - Beaker May 22, 06:48 1
      - I use my current one all the time, but that's because I only have one monitor. I'm getting a second when we get me a new computer. -- nm - amanda May 22, 06:49
- this -- nm - Beaker May 22, 06:41

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