On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Brogden" > Subject: Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio? > > > > > > Unfortunately, that's not going to work unless they plan on having very > > few keepers, and low res ones at that. A 3MP p&s digital will produce a > > 3MP .jpg file somewhere in the range of 1-2MB, give or take. Many email > > services limit your attachments to around 2MB, for the simple reason that > > files that large take a long time to send and receive. Even upgraded > > Yahoo and Hotmail accounts only offer 10MB of mailbox storage. If they > > have access to computers (presumably with CD-RW drives), perhaps they > > could burn CDs. Mail a copy, keep a copy. > > I just saw a 30 gig portable hard drive for what seemed pretty reasonable, > under 300 dollars, I think. > Are these things worth it? > > William Robb
It depends on their size and convenience. I love the idea in theory, and if you get one that's small and light enough to take with you, great. Otherwise, a cheap used laptop with a decent hard drive may be a better deal for the money. chris
