On 2/12/02 9:26, "Anthony Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bob Croxford and others who are looking into this (me included) are > properly interested in such things as the Mindstor, but considerable > discussion of this on the US-based DP Review forums, and > http://www.juergenspecht.com/d1scussion/ for users of Nikon DSLRs, reveals > that some buyers encounter reliability problems. It seems to me that with > Mindstor especially, there might be an issue of quality control. But these > gizmos are nevertheless attractive, being very compact & portable, and one > fifth the price of a G4 Powerbook; as (I think) Callan said, downloading a > microdrive into a digital wallet while shooting on another would be a handy > way to work. If there's one of these "digital wallets" that seems to have a > high level of reliability I'd be very interested to hear about it. > Regards, Tony H Surely a simple (relatively) answer to all these woes would be to buy either a iBook or a Sony Vaio (one of the really small ones). The iBook 12" is pretty damn small and built pretty toughly. I wouldn't personally use it as a full-time machine (though I know plenty of people do) But I would certainly consider lugging it around as a large hard drive. It also woould have the advantage of being able to edit some of the pics on the way and check them etc. At their current price (just dropped another couple of hundred) they are surely a bargain. Paul PS Yes I know their not as small as an iPod. But this possibility simply doesn't seem to exist to a satisfactory level yet. It no doubt will one day. PPS Did you know that you can pick up a 1Gb IBM Microdrive for �144 now! Amazing, since other people still want �260 for them (and their the cheap places). Why not just buy a pack of them? -- Paul Tansley Fashion & Beauty Photography London +44 (0) 7973 669584 http://www.paultansley.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
