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Posts Made By: Steven Vallin

August 19, 2010 05:21 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

netbook vs laptop

Posted By Steven Vallin

Forgive me if this has already been covered here, but a search of the forums did not bring up an answer to my question. I want to try my hand at planetary imaging and will be purchasing a Celestron Neximage camera for that purpose, however my dinasour laptop (266mhz processor) will not be up to the task. If I am going to buy a new computer I think I would rather have a netbook than a laptop for other uses, but Im not sure how well it would work for planetary imaging. I plan on using the computer for image capture only and then doing the processing on my desktop. Any input on this decision by you experienced imagers would be welcome.

Thanks, Steve V.