Re: The importance of hardware updates
More recent laptops have USB3. I think even the refurbished HP laptop I bought a year or so ago has them (don't have time to verify that right now, but I think it's true). On 9/20/2018 17:14, P. J. Alling wrote: You don't need to upgrade the whole computer if it's still got decent specs, and you've got an available PCIe slot an add in USB 3 card can be had pretty cheaply. Of course that only works if you've got a desktop machine. On the other hand if you're doing your downloading and editing on a laptop, there's no helping you. On 9/20/2018 1:59 PM, Alan C wrote: OK if your computer is USB3. I'm still stuck in USB2. Alan C On 20-Sep-18 07:51 PM, Bill wrote: Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 came out, Sandisk had a deal where SD cards were being packaged with little USB card readers. I've been using them ever since, and, of course, getting longer and longer transfer times when moving image files to my computer. I finally decided enough was enough and bought myself a USB 3 card reader. Holy cow!! The new reader is something like 6 times faster. I'm very good about upgrading computers, I've done a computer upgrade every other camera, but peripherals like card readers not so much. that's all. bill --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The importance of hardware updates
> On 21 September 2018 at 03:59 Alan C wrote: > > > OK if your computer is USB3. I'm still stuck in USB2. Ditto but I cope. It's also 32 bit and RAM limited which pretty much eliminates any possibility of using most modern photo editing programs. The thing is, it's still going OK so I'm reluctant to update until absolutely necessary (that and the fact that I have other priorities for spending at present). Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ https://500px.com/supera1000 > On 20-Sep-18 07:51 PM, Bill wrote: > > Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 came out, Sandisk had > > a deal where SD cards were being packaged with little USB card > > readers. I've been using them ever since, and, of course, getting > > longer and longer transfer times when moving image files to my computer. > > I finally decided enough was enough and bought myself a USB 3 card > > reader. > > Holy cow!! > > The new reader is something like 6 times faster. > > I'm very good about upgrading computers, I've done a computer upgrade > > every other camera, but peripherals like card readers not so much. > > > > that's all. > > > > bill > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The importance of hardware updates
Sadly my Acer Travelmate 5744 Laptop has no PCI Express port so an upgrade to USB3 is impossible. I realize I need a new laptop but that's an expensive business in SA today. Alan C On 20-Sep-18 11:14 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: You don't need to upgrade the whole computer if it's still got decent specs, and you've got an available PCIe slot an add in USB 3 card can be had pretty cheaply. Of course that only works if you've got a desktop machine. On the other hand if you're doing your downloading and editing on a laptop, there's no helping you. On 9/20/2018 1:59 PM, Alan C wrote: OK if your computer is USB3. I'm still stuck in USB2. Alan C On 20-Sep-18 07:51 PM, Bill wrote: Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 came out, Sandisk had a deal where SD cards were being packaged with little USB card readers. I've been using them ever since, and, of course, getting longer and longer transfer times when moving image files to my computer. I finally decided enough was enough and bought myself a USB 3 card reader. Holy cow!! The new reader is something like 6 times faster. I'm very good about upgrading computers, I've done a computer upgrade every other camera, but peripherals like card readers not so much. that's all. bill --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The importance of hardware updates
You don't need to upgrade the whole computer if it's still got decent specs, and you've got an available PCIe slot an add in USB 3 card can be had pretty cheaply. Of course that only works if you've got a desktop machine. On the other hand if you're doing your downloading and editing on a laptop, there's no helping you. On 9/20/2018 1:59 PM, Alan C wrote: OK if your computer is USB3. I'm still stuck in USB2. Alan C On 20-Sep-18 07:51 PM, Bill wrote: Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 came out, Sandisk had a deal where SD cards were being packaged with little USB card readers. I've been using them ever since, and, of course, getting longer and longer transfer times when moving image files to my computer. I finally decided enough was enough and bought myself a USB 3 card reader. Holy cow!! The new reader is something like 6 times faster. I'm very good about upgrading computers, I've done a computer upgrade every other camera, but peripherals like card readers not so much. that's all. bill --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The importance of hardware updates
That is a pretty clear sign that you could use a computer upgrade. Just suggestin' :-) On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:01 PM Alan C wrote: > > OK if your computer is USB3. I'm still stuck in USB2. > > Alan C > > On 20-Sep-18 07:51 PM, Bill wrote: > > Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 came out, Sandisk had > > a deal where SD cards were being packaged with little USB card > > readers. I've been using them ever since, and, of course, getting > > longer and longer transfer times when moving image files to my computer. > > I finally decided enough was enough and bought myself a USB 3 card > > reader. > > Holy cow!! > > The new reader is something like 6 times faster. > > I'm very good about upgrading computers, I've done a computer upgrade > > every other camera, but peripherals like card readers not so much. > > > > that's all. > > > > bill > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The importance of hardware updates
OK if your computer is USB3. I'm still stuck in USB2. Alan C On 20-Sep-18 07:51 PM, Bill wrote: Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 came out, Sandisk had a deal where SD cards were being packaged with little USB card readers. I've been using them ever since, and, of course, getting longer and longer transfer times when moving image files to my computer. I finally decided enough was enough and bought myself a USB 3 card reader. Holy cow!! The new reader is something like 6 times faster. I'm very good about upgrading computers, I've done a computer upgrade every other camera, but peripherals like card readers not so much. that's all. bill --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
The importance of hardware updates
Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 came out, Sandisk had a deal where SD cards were being packaged with little USB card readers. I've been using them ever since, and, of course, getting longer and longer transfer times when moving image files to my computer. I finally decided enough was enough and bought myself a USB 3 card reader. Holy cow!! The new reader is something like 6 times faster. I'm very good about upgrading computers, I've done a computer upgrade every other camera, but peripherals like card readers not so much. that's all. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
