Hi Frantisek, It takes 18 seconds to process a RAW file on my laptop. But it's not a pismo. It's a G3 700 laptop with 640 meg RAM. These machines are a bargain as well and a bit faster than the fastest pismos. Some of them had early motherboard failures and Apple ended up replacing them for free even if they were out of warranty. This machine had its board replaced. I suspect that any that are still out there and working either had good boards to start with or had them replaced. I don't know if Apple will still replace one that fails, probably not for a second owner. Paul
> Hi, > > thanks for all the tips. I will be looking for a G3 pismo most > probably. The nice feature is the ability to use two batteries, when > one doesn't need a CD drive. > > firewire is nice too, as I guess ATA drives will be phased out by SATA > drives so a bigger drive won't be an option in the future, but for the > few years more, it would do I hope. > > Just for comparison, how long does it take to process an IstD raw > file, Paul? > > The notebook I would like most is one of the rugged notebooks this US > maker does (PCs), but they are really expensive... :-( > > Thanks, > Frantisek >
