[Leica] MacBook Air and Lightroom for Africa trip

[Gerry Walden]

If you just need to do keywording etc. and basic editing (yes/no and crops etc.) I would look at Photo Mechanic (www.camerbits.com) which is very fast and a standard tool of pros. It will embed your keywords with no problem and can handle email and ftp uploads as a matter of course.

As for computers, I looked carefully at a Macbook Air and it looks a pretty good bet, especially the 13" which can have 8gb ram and has a built in SD slot.

That would be my choice, with an external portable hard disk for backup which would run off an USB port (such as the G-Drive Slim which I have).

Gerry

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On 30 Jul 2014, at 06:37, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> Is Lightroom that computer intensive really?
> 
> http://www.learn-to-lightroom.com/articles/buying-a-lightroom-computer/
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> On 7/30/14 1:13 AM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:
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>> Looking at the subject line I would guess Lightroom.....
>> 
>> ;-) john
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>> 
>> I meant running what programs?!!
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>> On 7/30/14 12:06 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
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>>> 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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