On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
Igor: You just need a copying utility that verifies the files. ImageIngester does that IIRC. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
