Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] MacBook Air and Lightroom for Africa trip
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:06:48 -0400

To do what?!


On 7/28/14 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


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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] MacBook Air and Lightroom for Africa trip)
In reply to: Message from abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] MacBook Air and Lightroom for Africa trip)