Ben Rubinstein
Active member
I commute to work (2500 mile commute) and spend a lot of time on planes. When at my place of work I need the ability to backup my files, transfer those files to an external HD and sort my photos as well as having something to keep me amused on the plane trips of approx 7 hours. I don't edit due to the lack of a decent calibrated screen, etc. Until now I've been using my powerful Toshiba laptop which although plenty powerful enough to do the editing as well, weighs 3 kilo and has heavy batteries that only last 1.5 hours each. I brought my neighbour a Toshiba netbook over from the UK a few months back and was extremely impressed with it to be honest. Doing my research now I see that the netbook with the best battery life is the Eee PC 1000HE, the built in webcam and mike are very welcome additions as is the cheap ability to up the RAM to 2GB. The price is also pretty good at present in the UK with a very reliable dealer (ebuyer) selling for £305 inc postage. I have experience with them and if there are problems they deal with the returns and the manufacturer.
Couple of questions to anyone who has one. Firstly, Lightroom 2.3. I know you need a 1048x768 screen to LR but the netbook has a 1048x768 screen emulator. Is the 1000HE powerful enough to run previews of 5D RAW files for culling? Would I be able to use it for applying crops? Would I be able to load up photoshop just to use Bridge for doing the sorting and culling (my preferred method)?
Does it ship with a whole lot of bloatware and is it easy to get rid of?
How easy is it to get hold of spare batteries? I see ebay equivelents but they are generic eee pc 1000 series compatible and not the extra long life battery of the 1000HE. Other than that I can't seem to find spares anywhere.
Any thumbs up or down in general?
Many thanks.
Couple of questions to anyone who has one. Firstly, Lightroom 2.3. I know you need a 1048x768 screen to LR but the netbook has a 1048x768 screen emulator. Is the 1000HE powerful enough to run previews of 5D RAW files for culling? Would I be able to use it for applying crops? Would I be able to load up photoshop just to use Bridge for doing the sorting and culling (my preferred method)?
Does it ship with a whole lot of bloatware and is it easy to get rid of?
How easy is it to get hold of spare batteries? I see ebay equivelents but they are generic eee pc 1000 series compatible and not the extra long life battery of the 1000HE. Other than that I can't seem to find spares anywhere.
Any thumbs up or down in general?
Many thanks.