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    Ideas for a laptop for photo viewing please.

    Hi, my mum wants to buy a laptop to look at photos on, which she already does on her desktop but wants some portability.
    In truth i don't think she's thought it through 100%, but i'm going to entertain her thought for now.

    I'm honestly not sure what i'd identify as important points, since every laptop available can do what she wants, although i think that true portability is not a great concern (i think move-ability is probably more the case), and i think a smaller screen (ie under 11 inches) is not for her. Also budget isn't number 1 concern.

    My initial thought was perhaps a second hand iBook, although she's actually quite familiar with using Picasa, which means any Windows or Linux PC with a nice screen.

    Any ideas are welcome, thanks chaps
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    Re: Ideas for a laptop for photo viewing please.

    Digital photo frame?

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    Re: Ideas for a laptop for photo viewing please.

    My first thought to that is that with a photo frame you can only view photos sequentially (at least as far as i understand them), whereas she'd be wanting to have an overview-type look, as well as zoom in to them.

    I'd add that she has been very taken with my iPhone and the scrolling, touch-type interactivity going on there, however the iPhone's screen isn't big enough for her.
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    Re: Ideas for a laptop for photo viewing please.

    Anything with iPhoto is good, if not a little expensive
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