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Notebook Computers In The Wild

Bring your digital darkroom with you on your next photo adventure

Whether you call it a laptop or a notebook, having a computer that can travel along with you has changed the way digital photographers work. In the field, a laptop becomes a portable darkroom, a repository where images can be downloaded and stored and a place where the best shots can be soft-proofed long before returning to the studio. In other words, portable computers have become indispensable.

The perfect notebook would be lightweight and have a large display, unlimited battery life and as much raw power as the mightiest desktop. But in the real world, we must carefully decide on a compromise that delivers the features we need the most at a price we find comfortable. Traditionally, the trade-offs have been screen size vs. portability and power vs. battery life. But there are many other important factors as well. For some users, storage capacities are most critical. For others, wireless connectivity is the top requirement. Because there's such a rich product pool to draw from, everyone is assured of finding just the right unit—provided they know what to look for.

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