Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My laptop is hooked up to a Eizo 24" monitor that I calibrate with Eye-One. You don't have to have a desktop to have a good screen. Tina On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I had a tower when I lived in Portland 4 years ago and when I got my laptop > I put it in my kitchen wireless my last year there it took over everything > but Photoshop crunching. It would set off my printer in my office. On the > road over here to NY I realized laptops are viable and normal for such > stuff. That was a 12 inch powerbook. This 13 inch macbook pro is tem times > more powerful than that. I'm used to a Mac SE where I'd be in Photoshop and > hit a filter and go into the kitchen and make a pot of coffee. An hour > later > I'd go back into my office and the thing would be just appearing. Then I'd > undo it. > Most the photography you see comes from a photographer sitting in a > starbucks with a laptop meeting a deadline so They are going to be viable. > But a bigger desk computer would be more ideal I'd think with a real screen > you could calibrate. A kinds of "cores". Not just apple Mac but peach and > pear. I'm avoiding though two computers. Just like two watches I'd never > know what time it is. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > > > > From: John Straus <John at SlideOne.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:56:32 -0500 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Only a MacBook Pro (or any laptop) was: Anyone using > > Drobo > > > > Hey Mark, > > > > Is the MacBook Pro the only computer you have? I am in the process of > > "Streamlining" my computers and was considering selling off my 2 PC > Towers > > and just keeping my MBP. I use it as my main computer daily. The tower is > > used for editing and LR processing but not that often. The fear I have is > > what if it gets stolen and I'm left with nothing but my time machine > > backup... > > > > Any thoughts from anyone having just a laptop...? > > > > Thanks > > John > > > > > > > >> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:33:01 -0400 > >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone using Drobo > >> > >> I started getting some scary glitches with a triple interphase 1t WD My > Book > >> which had my current body of work in it from the past few years and went > to > >> B&H and got another 1t usb 99 dollar one to use a a back up. I was > nervous > >> that the act of "writing" all the into into the other drive my drive > might > >> not be up for and I'd be SOFL. It took seven hours last month to > transfer > >> 500 gigs of pix into it and afterwards I decided to just use the new USB > one > >> and not the older FireWire 800 with the special cable which might be > messing > >> up. Turns out I can't tell the difference and my system seems much > happier. > >> I work off a one year old Macbook pro. > >> So its always what you don't think. > >> But dumping your 1t hard disk into a 2t hard disk when the time comes > next > >> time does not seem so hard to me. The trick is to not wait so long to do > it. > >> Do we really need a box with an interface to so this seemingly simple > stuff > >> for 500 bucks? > >> > >> -------------------- > >> Mark William Rabiner > >> Photography > >> mark at rabinergroup.com > >> > >> > >>> From: John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> > >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:52:32 +1200 > >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone using Drobo > >>> > >>> I have two of these (one rsyncs from the other and is in a different > >>> location) and am very happy with them, the only thing I would say (and > this > >>> goes for any NAS) is keep a spare power supply on hand. > >>> > >>> john > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> > >>>> For home use, I'd consider the ReadyNAS NV+ (4 drives) the high-value > >>>> minimum to consider. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com