Re: The importance of hardware updates

2018-09-20 Thread Alan C
Sadly my Acer Travelmate 5744 Laptop has no PCI Express port so an upgrade to USB3 is impossible. I realize I need a new laptop but that's an expensive business in SA today. Alan C On 20-Sep-18 11:14 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: You don't need to upgrade the whole computer if it's still got decent

Re: The importance of hardware updates

2018-09-20 Thread P. J. Alling
You don't need to upgrade the whole computer if it's still got decent specs, and you've got an available PCIe slot an add in USB 3 card can be had pretty cheaply. Of course that only works if you've got a desktop machine.  On the other hand if you're doing your downloading and editing on a lapt

Re: The importance of hardware updates

2018-09-20 Thread Bruce Walker
That is a pretty clear sign that you could use a computer upgrade. Just suggestin' :-) On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:01 PM Alan C wrote: > > OK if your computer is USB3. I'm still stuck in USB2. > > Alan C > > On 20-Sep-18 07:51 PM, Bill wrote: > > Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 ca

Re: The importance of hardware updates

2018-09-20 Thread Alan C
OK if your computer is USB3. I'm still stuck in USB2. Alan C On 20-Sep-18 07:51 PM, Bill wrote: Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 came out, Sandisk had a deal where SD cards were being packaged with little USB card readers. I've been using them ever since, and, of course, getting

The importance of hardware updates

2018-09-20 Thread Bill
Several years ago, probably when the K10 or k20 came out, Sandisk had a deal where SD cards were being packaged with little USB card readers. I've been using them ever since, and, of course, getting longer and longer transfer times when moving image files to my computer. I finally decided enoug

Re: PESO 2018 - Ogling - GDG

2018-09-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice slice of life. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 12:03 AM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > From a beautiful day's outing in Provincetown: > > https://flic.kr/p/28ukaN1 > > Enjoy! > G > — > No matter where you go, there you are. > -- > PDML Penta