[Leica] MacBook Air and Lightroom for Africa trip

[Mark Rabiner]

To do what?!


On 7/28/14 9:35 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge at mac.com> wrote:

> Next year I¹m looking at doing a documentary trip to Africa with a college
> group. My normal travel computer is a 17² MacBook Pro but it¹s HUGE, on an
> international trip it¹s just not going to work, I think.

I have been very
> happy with my MacBook Air but the version I have only has 4 GB of RAM and a
> small solid state drive.

I¹m wondering if anyone has experience with an MBA
> with 8 GB of RAM, the larger SDD and an external Thunderbolt drive for use
> with editing photos on the road.

I think I¹ll have reasonable power. I¹ll
> take about a zillion SD cards so I don¹t have to erase anything but I know I
> won¹t keyword or annotate images properly unless I do it the day I capture
> them.

So, if you have thoughts I¹d appreciate it.

The alternative is a
> MacBook Pro 15² that I know will do the job. But it¹s almost twice as
> heavy.

Thanks!

Adam


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