Mini laptop to work with Digikam on the go
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I'm looking for a little laptop (mini PC, notebook or whatever) I could easily bring with me when travelling, so I could work on my photos with Digikam when I'm away from home.
I don't intend to do a lot of editing with it; but I'll be away during 3 months this summer and intend to shoot quite a lot, so I'll need to do as much as tagging/organizing/etc. as possible. For those who work on their photos when travelling, have you any recommandation, for example about the screen size or anything else? Thanks for your advice. Marie-Noëlle -- Une galerie photos, un blog ... pourquoi pas ? Webmaster en herbe Parcourez les Cévennes à ma façon : Cévennes Plurielles Et toutes mes autres publications à partir de ma page d'accueil générale _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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I use Toshiba T230. Powerfull, small, but not too (13' screen)
http://fr.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/generic/particuliers-satellite-t230 Work fine under Linux (Mandriva) Gilles Caulier 2011/3/4 Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]>: > I'm looking for a little laptop (mini PC, notebook or whatever) I could > easily bring with me when travelling, so I could work on my photos with > Digikam when I'm away from home. > > I don't intend to do a lot of editing with it; but I'll be away during 3 > months this summer and intend to shoot quite a lot, so I'll need to do as > much as tagging/organizing/etc. as possible. > For those who work on their photos when travelling, have you any > recommandation, for example about the screen size or anything else? > > Thanks for your advice. > Marie-Noëlle > > -- > Une galerie photos, un blog ... pourquoi pas ? Webmaster en herbe > > Parcourez les Cévennes à ma façon : Cévennes Plurielles > > Et toutes mes autres publications à partir de ma page d'accueil générale > > > _______________________________________________ > Digikam-users mailing list > [hidden email] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users > > Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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In reply to this post by tosca
Marie-Noëlle,
Obviously, bigger is better. Perhaps your question should be rephrased as : "What's the smallest size that someone would recommend..." I have a couple of netbooks that I use when out on the road or off on projects. Working on them becomes frustrating because of the small screen size (10") but, I'd rather have this than carting a massive 15 or even 17" flat box with me. Sometimes I can connect my trusty netbook to a local monitor (as I do in my office) if one is available. Best of both worlds! * Netbooks have dropped to almost stupid price levels. In the US, one retailer has an Acer model on sale for $199 !! On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 13:49 +0100, Marie-Noëlle Augendre wrote: Marie-Noëlle _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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Thanks, Gilles.
I've always been very satisfied with Toshiba laptops. I still own a 17" that I consider to cumbersome to bring with me; and a rather old 15.4" (4.5 years) that I intend to put on eBay for sell and replace with a new smaller one. I was more or less convinced by Asus, that seems to have quite a rich assortment of Netbooks, but I'll have a look at Toshiba, too. You've had no Wifi problem with your Toshiba? Marie-Noëlle
2011/3/4 Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> I use Toshiba T230. Powerfull, small, but not too (13' screen) -- Une galerie photos, un blog ... pourquoi pas ? Webmaster en herbe Parcourez les Cévennes à ma façon : Cévennes Plurielles Et toutes mes autres publications à partir de ma page d'accueil générale _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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In reply to this post by J Albrecht
Thanks for you answer.
I agree with your rephrasing ;-) I understand you manage with a 10", that's a good information. I've not made my mind yet, between a 10" and a 12" ... all of them seem to have enough RAM and plenty of disk space. So my main concerns will be screen sizes (obviously) and notebook weights. Marie-Noëlle 2011/3/4 Hevï Guy <[hidden email]>
-- Une galerie photos, un blog ... pourquoi pas ? Webmaster en herbe Parcourez les Cévennes à ma façon : Cévennes Plurielles Et toutes mes autres publications à partir de ma page d'accueil générale _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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2011/3/4 Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]>:
> Thanks, Gilles. > > I've always been very satisfied with Toshiba laptops. I still own a 17" that > I consider to cumbersome to bring with me; and a rather old 15.4" (4.5 > years) that I intend to put on eBay for sell and replace with a new smaller > one. > > I was more or less convinced by Asus, that seems to have quite a rich > assortment of Netbooks, but I'll have a look at Toshiba, too. > You've had no Wifi problem with your Toshiba? No problem with this model. It work perfectly. The advantage is weight : lesser than 1,5 kg : a perfect companion Screen is enough to work : 13'. Do not select less than : 10 and 11' are unusable to work on picture. Power supply is very small. Battery consumption : around 5-6 hours in power save mode. Really great. I use it to develop, make presentation at school, and play with my picture at home, where i can connect it to a large flat screen (27') There is an HDMI connector : I can play DIVX and MKV without problem on a HD tv. HDD capacity is around 320Gb. Keyboard is really a pleasure to use. The new model out recently by Toshiba are not too good. T230 is out in august 2010. computer is make with not a good quality of plastic. It's only the problem. But i cannot found a PC with the same quality than a Macbook (but it's not the same price) To conclude : it's really a good choice to be mobile with a computer. gilles _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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I'd avoid netbooks altogether. The idea of a cheap and small machine sounds good
on paper, but in reality netbooks are too limited for any serious photo management tasks. I took my Asus Eee PC 1005HA on my last two trips, and I found it rather frustrating in daily use: the 10" screen was simply too small for digiKam, and the Atom processor struggled with demanding tasks. Since then, I switched to HP dm3, which is smaller that a regular notebook. It's a bit on the heavy side, but the 13" screen is a pleasure to use, and there is enough processing power to handle photo editing. I'm running Linux Mint on it. Best, Dmitri ________________________________ From: Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]> Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 1:49:41 PM Subject: [Digikam-users] Mini laptop to work with Digikam on the go I'm looking for a little laptop (mini PC, notebook or whatever) I could easily bring with me when travelling, so I could work on my photos with Digikam when I'm away from home. I don't intend to do a lot of editing with it; but I'll be away during 3 months this summer and intend to shoot quite a lot, so I'll need to do as much as tagging/organizing/etc. as possible. For those who work on their photos when travelling, have you any recommandation, for example about the screen size or anything else? Thanks for your advice. Marie-Noëlle -- Une galerie photos, un blog ... pourquoi pas ? Webmaster en herbe Parcourez les Cévennes à ma façon : Cévennes Plurielles Et toutes mes autres publications à partir de ma page d'accueil générale _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 08:33, Dmitri Popov <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I'd avoid netbooks altogether. [...] > From: Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]> > Subject: [Digikam-users] Mini laptop to work with Digikam on the go > > I'm looking for a little laptop (mini PC, notebook or whatever) I could easily > bring with me when travelling, so I could work on my photos with Digikam when > I'm away from home. > > I don't intend to do a lot of editing with it; [...] Last year I went on a five week trip/building restoration project with an Acer Aspire One 751H (specs: http://cnet.co/i75UWq) and I used Digikam extensively to document the work and report the progress back to my family. It was not fast, but I was able to do basic color correction, cropping and RAW->JPEG conversion daily without frustration. The most important thing for me was resolution: at 11.6"/1366x768 I had enough screen real estate to work with. A more powerful system would have been nice but I did not find myself limited by my equipment. Then again I did not do any elaborate processing either. --george _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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