I should have mentioned that it's an i-book. The white plastic variety. Paul
> Hi Frantisek, > It takes 18 seconds to process a RAW file on my laptop. But it's not a pismo. > It's a G3 700 laptop with 640 meg RAM. These machines are a bargain as well > and > a bit faster than the fastest pismos. Some of them had early motherboard > failures and Apple ended up replacing them for free even if they were out of > warranty. This machine had its board replaced. I suspect that any that are > still > out there and working either had good boards to start with or had them > replaced. > I don't know if Apple will still replace one that fails, probably not for a > second owner. > Paul > > > > Hi, > > > > thanks for all the tips. I will be looking for a G3 pismo most > > probably. The nice feature is the ability to use two batteries, when > > one doesn't need a CD drive. > > > > firewire is nice too, as I guess ATA drives will be phased out by SATA > > drives so a bigger drive won't be an option in the future, but for the > > few years more, it would do I hope. > > > > Just for comparison, how long does it take to process an IstD raw > > file, Paul? > > > > The notebook I would like most is one of the rugged notebooks this US > > maker does (PCs), but they are really expensive... :-( > > > > Thanks, > > Frantisek > > >

