In decisions I need to make

[feuervogel]

Whether to take my netbook (of the sketchy battery and hard drive with 1 GB of free space, but very small and lightweight) or the MacBook (with good battery and a hard drive with 40+ GB free, but bigger and fucking heavy).

The netbook does almost everything I need. It connects to the internet, and I can download pictures from my camera. I don't expect to be able to write much while I'm there, also I don't really want to spend a lot of time thinking in English. The only thing it can't do is handle flash. I can't play Farmville on it (or any stupid flash games), and trying to play a youtube video took me to a "download this codec pack" thing, which then crashed the browser without fully installing. [Also, I need to update the distro, but there's not enough free space on the disk to download the image. Derp. No, I don't have a multi-GB USB key to run the computer off of. If I did, I probably would.]

Now, I can live a month without videos; I don't watch them as it is. But ... FARMVILLE, Y'ALL.

The MacBook is Mac-tastic, and it works, but it weighs like 3 lbs or more, and lugging it around in my backpack is heavy.

They both have their pluses and minuses (another big minus for the netbook is its lack of a CD drive, so I couldn't rip any new CDs I bought, or play them if my flatmate doesn't have a communal stereo.)

I need to decide right quick, you know? My dear invisible friends, what do y'all think?

Comments

[quinfirefrorefiddle]

Having done international travel with a laptop- I vote for the netbook. I wish I'd had mine when I went to Geneva. I don't play Farmville, though.

I guess the question is, while you're there, will you be lugging it around a lot, or will it stay in your room?

[yhibiki]

THE MACBOOK.

But that's because I think 3 lbs is nothing compared to what my f-ing huge laptop weighs. :P

[tiurin.livejournal.com]

Carry the bigger one, think of it as built-in exercise.

Also, Farmville = the end of civilization.

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

I bought my Netbook JUST so I could write on the go.

Also, having a sore back does not help for writing focus.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

I SAY NETBOOK!
*hugs her netbook*
It's only a month and maybe it will break your Farmville addiction!

New CDs can be listened to when you get back. =p

[botia.livejournal.com]

Order a new battery for the netbook and a big ass thumb drive (and back up/clean up your hard drive before you go).