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Subject: [OM] Re: Storage devices
From: Garth <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 09:25:48 -0600
Mark Dapoz wrote:

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> Have you considered one of the mini laptops such as Toshiba's Libretto
> series: http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.grp?section=1&group=1&product=4470
> I use an older version of the Libretto and it's about the size of a VHS
> cassette, it easily slips into a large coat pocket.  It's great for dumping
> off images from the CF cards and viewing them using your usual PC software.
> At 1Kg it doesn't add a lot of extra weight.

Yeah, I've considered 'em.  But they're still too big compared to a 
dedicated storage solution, far too expensive, and would ultimately 
become a one-purpose laptop with a too-small screen (if I wanted to take 
a laptop to do viewing/manipulation of images, I'd just take the 17" 
Toshiba I already own and am typing this message on).

The JOBO (or Nexto, which is almost impossible to find from North 
American suppliers) would fit in a *small* coat pocket.  Or a small 
compartment of an equally-compact gear bag.  About the size of a 
shoe-mounted pro-quality flash.

Size and weight, folks.  Size and weight.  And as Bernard Frangoulis 
noted, leaving 'em behind in a hotel room for the day is a good way for 
them to disappear.  I want to carry all the gear on my person as much as 
possible -- someone wants to steal 'em from me, they gotta tussle with me.


Garth

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