Rasori
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Hey all,
I've been seriously considering getting a netbook lately, with the main drive being the fact that I've taken up programming as a hobby and get the whim any/everywhere. (Secondary drives include web browsing and reading PDF-books and similar). Everything I've read pretty much everywhere has strongly recommended against netbooks for programming, and for the most part I understand. But is a netbook really that bad for programming if it's not your primary workstation? I'd prefer to be able to compile segments of code for unit testing (a few classes here and there), but the source files would all be moved to my desktop for application assembly and finalization. In these cases, is a netbook an acceptable performer?
Assume I've decided I can deal with keyboards (most of them I can) and that I'm willing to deal with repetitive min/maxing of windows to find information I'm looking for.
If not, would anyone have other recommendations for a cheap, mobile programming option?
I've been seriously considering getting a netbook lately, with the main drive being the fact that I've taken up programming as a hobby and get the whim any/everywhere. (Secondary drives include web browsing and reading PDF-books and similar). Everything I've read pretty much everywhere has strongly recommended against netbooks for programming, and for the most part I understand. But is a netbook really that bad for programming if it's not your primary workstation? I'd prefer to be able to compile segments of code for unit testing (a few classes here and there), but the source files would all be moved to my desktop for application assembly and finalization. In these cases, is a netbook an acceptable performer?
Assume I've decided I can deal with keyboards (most of them I can) and that I'm willing to deal with repetitive min/maxing of windows to find information I'm looking for.
If not, would anyone have other recommendations for a cheap, mobile programming option?