04-07-2007, 10:52 PM
OK, so let's analyze this further.
When you're doing on-the-fly work, in the crowded car or bus, how much additional equipment are you trying to juggle at the same time? And how much of the overall field work does take place under conditions like that?
When you're doing the heavier work - creating the slideshow, the gallery, and the CDs, is it safe to assume you have a generous work area? How about the time commitment? Do you spend more, less, or the same amount of time with this part of each project as you spend on the on-the-fly portions?
You did comment that being able to run four externals at the same time only cuts your processing time by roughly one quarter, and that's significant but not as significant when you're talking only 3 hours; it's not like you can do a heck of a lot else in three hours when you're away from your home base. Plus, you might have an option for that fourth external on the 15" if you have a second firewire device that could be run from an adapter in the FW 800 port.
Think about the amount of time you'll spend using the computer in the different segments of each project. If you spend as much time working in a crowded space as you do working where there's more room, then the 15" does make more sense.
When you're doing on-the-fly work, in the crowded car or bus, how much additional equipment are you trying to juggle at the same time? And how much of the overall field work does take place under conditions like that?
When you're doing the heavier work - creating the slideshow, the gallery, and the CDs, is it safe to assume you have a generous work area? How about the time commitment? Do you spend more, less, or the same amount of time with this part of each project as you spend on the on-the-fly portions?
You did comment that being able to run four externals at the same time only cuts your processing time by roughly one quarter, and that's significant but not as significant when you're talking only 3 hours; it's not like you can do a heck of a lot else in three hours when you're away from your home base. Plus, you might have an option for that fourth external on the 15" if you have a second firewire device that could be run from an adapter in the FW 800 port.
Think about the amount of time you'll spend using the computer in the different segments of each project. If you spend as much time working in a crowded space as you do working where there's more room, then the 15" does make more sense.