Mmm my thinkpad X60 cost me a leg and an arm but It reads sd cards, is 1.5kg has a 12" screen, 80GB disk and 8 hours battery time.. oh and dual core cpu/1.5GB so PS performance is not a concern at all.
If you have money it is not a stupid option at all. 2007/1/16, Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Mark, > > Have you considered something like an ultralight laptop? You can load > your own software for viewing and do editing and even take care of your > email while you are out. > > I have an earlier version of the small Fujitsu and have found it works > well for me. This is the current version (Australian site in Australian > dollars) http://www.lifebook.com.au/?pageID=Model&id=93 > > I hibernate the PC when I'm not using it and find that it comes back > quickly enough to not be a bother - and it can be set to hibernate after > a short inactive time if you want to start the card downloading and put > it back into your bag. > > Just an alternate thought on managing images on the run. > > -- > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > > > Mark Cassino wrote: > > My X's Drive II is back to having problems reading SD cards, so it's > > time to get a new image storage device. I'd just as soon take the 30 gig > > drive out of the X's drive and put it in a new device. > > > > A while back when I mentioned the pathetically slow download time from > > the X's drive, there were some suggestions regarding replacement. I > > should of taken notes - any recommendations regarding a portable storage > > device that can read SD and CF cards? > > > > Speed isn't a major concern, though faster would be better. It would be > > nice to have a device that confirms that the transfer from the card was > > successful, or otherwise lets you verify that the files were transferred > > correctly. > > > > TIA - > > > > MCC > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
