On 4/18/2013 11:28 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> I tried traveling for the first time without a computer when I went to
> Spain. I thought several 32 GB cards would be sufficient. I really
> regretted that decision! I couldn't download and check the photos at the
> end of the day like I usually do. Several of the 32 GB cards had problems
> so I had to resort to my older 8GB ones. I could check e-mail on my Kindle
> but I couldn't post any photos to share. I will not do that again. If
> nothing else, I would get a tiny Acer netbook computer and take it along.
Exactly what I've done for years. My little Acer 11.6" 1410 with 'real' dual
core processor, 4 GB of RAM and full size
key spacing won't ever compete with the desktops, but will run PS6, 32 or 64
bit.
> You can download photos on it, install LR to work on the photos
It's a real, full function computer.
On 4/18/2013 11:58 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Thanks! I think His Mooseness has one of those Acers. I have been impressed
> with the quality and fidelity of color images shown thereupon. The Krappy
> Kolor Laptop it ain't.
The screen isn't perfect, but pretty good, WB is only a little cool, compared
to my calibrated desktop monitor. Hmmm, I
suppose I might be able to calibrate it. But as Bob says, it looks quite good.
So I can do a decent quick review of the day's shooting and see if anything has
started to go wonky (Even if, as with
shutter shock, I don't yet know what it is, let alone what to do about it.)
> , do e-mail easier than on a Kindle and hook up an external storage device
> like the
> little Seagate Free Agent Go which is smaller than a deck of cards but holds
> 320 GB.
Yup! Mine happens to be a WD 320 GB that I picked up at a Wal-Mart in Maine
when the HD got too full. Now I keep it in a
separate place in luggage/vehicle from the camera gear. I think they go up to a
TB now.
> I have a little Acer that I will take next time I don't want to carry the big
> laptop.
A good tablet might be ideal. The iPad has a first rate display, and does
everything I need - except for storage
limitations. But I'll save that for AG's Android post.
What the iPad DOES do is provide a local hot-spot for internet access on the
netbook when there is a good cell data
connection, but no wi-fi.
I guess what I'm saying is that the netbook+ has been an ideal solution to
date, but there may be something better now.
Travelin' Moose
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