Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i'm using the retina 15 now, mid levels come with 16 g ram/ 500g flash storage very satisfied there is much talk about a 12 retina coming up before long--may be the perfect travel machine rather than carry tons of cards, look at one of the very small external drives around these days i use a 1T my passport ultra from WD carry it on road to catalog in LR put the images with notes, and edits on the drobo when i get home ric On Jul 28, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: > Next year I?m looking at doing a documentary trip to Africa with a college > group. My normal travel computer is a 17? MacBook Pro but it?s HUGE, on an > international trip it?s 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. > > I?m 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 I?ll have reasonable power. I?ll take about a zillion SD cards so > I don?t have to erase anything but I know I won?t keyword or annotate > images properly unless I do it the day I capture them. > > So, if you have thoughts I?d appreciate it. > > The alternative is a MacBook Pro 15? that I know will do the job. But it?s > almost twice as heavy. > > Thanks! > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information