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I have a totally awesome gaming PC, which doubles nicely as a nice comfortable place to do writing. But with the gorgeous summer weather happening outside, I am tempted to soak up some sun and see if a bit of fresh air will inspire me.
I'm almost done my first draft of my first book (Okay... roughly 2/3 of the way...) and I have decided I am going to reward myself with an awesome new gadget when it is completed. I just can't seem to decide which one is going to prove the most handy to me.
I'm considering either getting a low end laptop, a netbook or an iPad. Each seems to have its pros and cons but I'm having trouble sorting out what is going to be practical or useful from what is just "Oooh, shinny new gadget!" syndrome. (I suffer from that a lot.)
I don't need a powerful gaming or graphics machine; my PC is good for that. So a low end laptop would be a logical option. What's good about it? It would ideally have a good quality keyboard, it would still let me do my research on the internet, and it would not offer quite as many distractions as my gaming pc (for obvious reasons).
What's not so hot? Well, I already have a really good PC so I am not sure how much use that I would really get from it. How good is the battery life going to be? Will I really use it or will it collect dust in its case?
Next contender is a netbook. Its smaller, sleeker and has better battery life then the laptop. But the screen is going to be more tiny and I may or may not like the keyboard. I know that the processor in a netbook is nowhere near what I am use to, either. It would be pretty much a one trick pony -- for writing. But unless it had a good keyboard that I liked using would I write on it or just go back to my PC? I'm not sure if the ones that I have tried are just not the right size for my hands or whether its how high up they are on a sales counter, but I can't type on them worth beans.
Last up is the iPad (or a tablet in general -- very open to recommendations as I am clueless in this category). This would take care of a few interesting things. It can be used as an e-Reader. It can be used to draw. (I need to research this. I am huge on drawing my characters when I am creating them.) There are tons of fun little apps to get the imagination going. I own an iPod Touch and absolutely love it. I am not sure if people telling me "It's a giant iPod Touch" is a good thing or a bad thing. On the downside, I doubt that an iPad would actually be a serious writing device where I would be creating chapters worth of content.
Has anyone else been stuck in this situation with all of the different tech options out there? I realize there will be someone who is going to tell me the only notebook I need is full of paper. That can be okay for some planning, but I am legally blind and copying much of anything from paper to a pc is a recipe for a migraine for me.
Anyway, thanks so much for your time. Have a great day!
I'm almost done my first draft of my first book (Okay... roughly 2/3 of the way...) and I have decided I am going to reward myself with an awesome new gadget when it is completed. I just can't seem to decide which one is going to prove the most handy to me.
I'm considering either getting a low end laptop, a netbook or an iPad. Each seems to have its pros and cons but I'm having trouble sorting out what is going to be practical or useful from what is just "Oooh, shinny new gadget!" syndrome. (I suffer from that a lot.)
I don't need a powerful gaming or graphics machine; my PC is good for that. So a low end laptop would be a logical option. What's good about it? It would ideally have a good quality keyboard, it would still let me do my research on the internet, and it would not offer quite as many distractions as my gaming pc (for obvious reasons).
What's not so hot? Well, I already have a really good PC so I am not sure how much use that I would really get from it. How good is the battery life going to be? Will I really use it or will it collect dust in its case?
Next contender is a netbook. Its smaller, sleeker and has better battery life then the laptop. But the screen is going to be more tiny and I may or may not like the keyboard. I know that the processor in a netbook is nowhere near what I am use to, either. It would be pretty much a one trick pony -- for writing. But unless it had a good keyboard that I liked using would I write on it or just go back to my PC? I'm not sure if the ones that I have tried are just not the right size for my hands or whether its how high up they are on a sales counter, but I can't type on them worth beans.
Last up is the iPad (or a tablet in general -- very open to recommendations as I am clueless in this category). This would take care of a few interesting things. It can be used as an e-Reader. It can be used to draw. (I need to research this. I am huge on drawing my characters when I am creating them.) There are tons of fun little apps to get the imagination going. I own an iPod Touch and absolutely love it. I am not sure if people telling me "It's a giant iPod Touch" is a good thing or a bad thing. On the downside, I doubt that an iPad would actually be a serious writing device where I would be creating chapters worth of content.
Has anyone else been stuck in this situation with all of the different tech options out there? I realize there will be someone who is going to tell me the only notebook I need is full of paper. That can be okay for some planning, but I am legally blind and copying much of anything from paper to a pc is a recipe for a migraine for me.
Anyway, thanks so much for your time. Have a great day!