[Healeys] Computer Question

[Quinn, Patrick]

G'day

Many thanks to everyone who took the trouble to write with their advice
and recommendations.

It's been very interesting as I have learnt quite a bit about digital
image storage over the last few days.

I have 2 cameras. A Sony point and shoot which takes the Sony Memory
Stick thingies and an all singing, all dancing Canon SLR digital that
does everything including making coffee that takes a Compact Flash card.

My wife and I will be overseas for 4 weeks and I don't want to take my
lap top with me. If I do I know what will happen. I'll be looking at
emails when I should be looking at some historical artefact and I'll be
in strife. It would be different of course if the artefact had 4
camshafts and 12 cylinders.

I have been into a few shops and told them what I wanted to do. I was
very patient advising the 17 year old (computer whiz) shop assistant
that I really didn't want to buy the world's smallest laptop at $500 not
did I want a gold plated Epson thing that stored 6 zillion images and
came equipped with a Imax size screen for just $1,200.

I find it amazing that no one makes a gizmo with a built-in 12 to 16 gig
storage for downloading from digital cameras. Why do I need another
screen when the camera already has one?

Anyway I have decided to buy more storage cards.

And you know what really pisses me off?

When I first mentioned to my wife a week ago that I didn't want to take
the laptop, she suggested that I buy more storage cards. Don't you hate
it when they're right in the first place and you have spent ages
fartarsing around only to realise that later?

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia

Ps Last night she delivered the final blow. I asked what do we do if we
run out of space. : "Buy another card." Came the logical answer.
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