Hi All, A netbook that costs ~$300-$400 and typically has a 160 GB HDD and an SD (and it looks like they are HCSD, at least the one in Toshiba Mini) - can be used as a photo-storage device.
A while ago, I was throughing in this idea, and somebody suggested that I should test it. Well, now I am back with the report. This has been tested with a vanila Toshiba Mini, WinXP Home, 1GB RAM, stock 5400 rpm 160 HDD, and the latest LR. I first copied RAW files (DNG) from the card to the HDD, and then exported them into the LR. This worked just fine, as long as I didn't ask to have the full-size previews. Creating full-size previews was _painfully_ slow, so I had to interrupt it and disable it for the future. Clicking on the image to see a full-screen preview results in some ~1-3 second delay. Also, - the LR panels are not well suited for using with a typical netbook 1024x600 display (the height is the biggest problem), - so the solution was to "minimize" the preview panel at the top left, - otherwise I couldn't get to the folders because LR doesn't scroll the panels. (That's something for Adobe to think about.) Overall, - a typical $300-$400 netbook is a suitable solution for storing, checking and even selectively posting some screenshots - but do not expect to do any heaving processing. I haven't tried generating web-galleries, - I'd assume that would take some considerable time because just exporting screen-size (600x800) JPEGs (from full size 12MP JPEGs) was taking considerable time (if I very roughly estimated, - no more than ~5-7 images per minute). The only thing that such a PSD doesn't do, compared, say to my HyperDrive, - it doesn't check correctness of copying the files. Over the past ~8-9 years of using digital cameras, I only encountered some file-related errors once or twice. so it may not be as important. But definitely, having "a peace of mind" is better than to have "a pissed-off mind" later. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
