Scott
Member
Hi all!
I'm looking for recommendations for a new computer. My Wife and I are going on a photographic workshop/excursion to China soon, and we will be taking lots of pictures. LOTS of pictures! Optimally we will dump our memory cards to a hard drive each day. It seems the only way to do this is to take a laptop computer with us, plug in the hard drive and a card reader, and transfer the pictures. We do have a laptop, but it is big and heavy, so we are looking for a small lightweight computer that will serve the purpose.
We have done some looking, and we think the best size would be one of the 11.6" models, or thereabouts. We would like a real computer, not inclined to a chromebook. We would like a reasonable memory and hard drive, if possible a SSD larger than 64, but a regular hard drive would be OK. It needs to have USB 3.0 ports, and a built in full size SD card reader would be nice. We are not big fans of Windows 8 or 10, but we are good with Win7. I know, that really narrows it down! And because this is kind of a specific use item, it would be nice to keep the price down. I don't think my Wife would go for a Mac.
Please, any recommendations are happily accepted! And if you also have a good place to purchase, that would also be welcome! We have looked at both Amazon and Newegg, but they seem to have only refurbished like this. Not that I have anything against refurbished, but the return policy is quite restrictive.
Thank you!
Scott.
I'm looking for recommendations for a new computer. My Wife and I are going on a photographic workshop/excursion to China soon, and we will be taking lots of pictures. LOTS of pictures! Optimally we will dump our memory cards to a hard drive each day. It seems the only way to do this is to take a laptop computer with us, plug in the hard drive and a card reader, and transfer the pictures. We do have a laptop, but it is big and heavy, so we are looking for a small lightweight computer that will serve the purpose.
We have done some looking, and we think the best size would be one of the 11.6" models, or thereabouts. We would like a real computer, not inclined to a chromebook. We would like a reasonable memory and hard drive, if possible a SSD larger than 64, but a regular hard drive would be OK. It needs to have USB 3.0 ports, and a built in full size SD card reader would be nice. We are not big fans of Windows 8 or 10, but we are good with Win7. I know, that really narrows it down! And because this is kind of a specific use item, it would be nice to keep the price down. I don't think my Wife would go for a Mac.
Please, any recommendations are happily accepted! And if you also have a good place to purchase, that would also be welcome! We have looked at both Amazon and Newegg, but they seem to have only refurbished like this. Not that I have anything against refurbished, but the return policy is quite restrictive.
Thank you!
Scott.