Suggestions needed

AHarvey · 29 Oct 2010 at 14:49

Hi all,

I need suggestions for the following:

When out doing a photo shoot such as a wedding I am going to need to back up my photos on site for peace of mind.

I have a portable 300gb harddrive already.

So, I need something that is cheap as chips, new for reliability and can be used to transfer photos to hardrive via CF card reader.

Maybe with an in car charger too and used for email/internet/office as well.

No photo editing or gaming.

EDIT: ideally windows based as well so I can install software to shoot in tethered mode.

AHarvey · 30 Oct 2010 at 03:43

no one got any suggestions?

DefiantAsh · 30 Oct 2010 at 08:20

look at Acer 10.1" range, the new 533 or 521 look really promising with AMD processors i think and can be had for les than £250 i think

not so sure about the in-car charger so maybe you can look on websites and browe the web for something like that? should be something about now for laptops to charge and be powered in cars

roger_37 · 30 Oct 2010 at 09:16

in car charger,are widely available.

AHarvey · 30 Oct 2010 at 10:05

the acer 521 looks good, just trying to figure out exactly what the spec is as i've seen 3-4 different reviews with different specs.

EDIT:

Acer website says 1.7GHz CPU

http://us.acer.com/acer/productv.do...t&changedAlts=&CRC=2941008667#wrAjaxHistory=6

but all the shops seem to be selling one with a 1.2ghz

???

olivier renault · 30 Oct 2010 at 10:41

I'd go with a CULV dual-core 13.3'' personally. They are powerful, long battery life, no heat problems. Like the Acer 8371, Acer 3810TZ, Asus UL30A, Toshiba T130. Cost a bit more than a netbook, but better all round.

DefiantAsh · 30 Oct 2010 at 11:54

olivier renault said:
I'd go with a CULV dual-core 13.3'' personally. They are powerful, long battery life, no heat problems. Like the Acer 8371, Acer 3810TZ, Asus UL30A, Toshiba T130. Cost a bit more than a netbook, but better all round.

+1

AHarvey · 31 Oct 2010 at 11:23

As much as I'd like them its a bit more than I was looking at spending, £300 is about as far as I can go

DefiantAsh · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:18

AHarvey said:
As much as I'd like them its a bit more than I was looking at spending, £300 is about as far as I can go

Well the HP mini 311c looks really good, and can be had for £235-£270, shame OcUK dont sell them anymore.

The Acer AO721 seems good as well, like i said in an earlier post, supports up to 4gb ram, which in a 11.6 inch netbook, i dont think is that bad for a price of sub £300.