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But are they not only 2.5TB each, ignoring the (mostly bogus) compressor system? It doesn't seem very space efficient and how long does it take to copy each of those back to a drive? It makes more sense in a scenario where tapes are used for archives, unlikely to ever be read and just destroyed...

From what I searched briefly, LTO-7 is about $3-4K for the drive and then about $50 or so for each 6TB tape.

3.5" floppies were not particularly reliable. I recall paying like DM60 for a pack of 10 in the early 90s and those were fine, but when they were down to a dollar each in the states they were not so great. SSDs are designed to be unpowered.

So for work purposes the laptops are 6th version of the X1 YoGI. According to the Lendovo site they have version 8 already. :( I don't know what Surfaces they have, but for starters they have a special power supply jack and only two USB ports. The X1 is like a little smaller brick than the old...

Oh, it's not available in 14"? Then I'll go with a 14' 1360P for now since it is already tough for the smaller bags under the seats. Some planes have bras installed even in the higher classes. :( It should be relatively easy to swap the 2x 4TB. I'm not buying any more NVMe SSDs now and those...

Isn't tape like slower than hard drives and less reliable than online storage?

The P1 series is intriguing, though a bit heavier than I'd like. Maybe I'll get the 13th gen in the current form factor, and then 14th gen in the performance machine. When will we have 14th gen in like the P1?

Do they care? Everyone is moving to MAC or MS is trying to sell the whole OS and Apps online. They probably want you to fire up a new instance every day with just a few personalizations in your profile. No backup and no restore. No History and no Future, only the fleeting present.

Did you get that lens? I have not even opened my latest 200-600.

If I upgrade 10Pro to 11, will it work on the correct threads or need an account? I looked at a bunch of laptops and am back to square one. Either they are big bricks or suffer from inadequate M.2 or ports. If I run that stuff, will it accept a legit 10 Pro key rather than 11?

I'm about to push the plunger. Last question is what happens to Windows 10 on the 13th gen? Is the affinity of the CPU cores completely out of control by the software or is it under the OS, i.e., how much difference from 11 is there in programs that are not particularly made for 11 or before...

2015 is a LONG time ago for most any laptop.

I don't want a camera on me and showing the surrounding location. The camera is covered with a label on my personal machines since the BIOS is missing. My work computer is normally folded closed unless I'm in a designated location, not at home. Would a generic USB fingerprint reader work on...

The new model laptops are the bulls hit. The ones from 2021 had a fingersprint reader for logins. Now those bastrads have eliminated it so the options are to type in a password or use the Windows facial Hello. I'm not sure if 13th generator makes sense but future may be drastic with...

According to the article that product has no safety certification by UL or Intertek (ETL), etc. so it's not suitable for most of the US market. I can image some ma and pa shops don't care, but it creates some serious liability at legit companies.

It's only a $3K lens, maybe less if a refurb or even used. Just Do It. :D

Why do you need f/2, just the noisy R7 sensor? You could get a far superior FX body with similar performance with a 70-200/2.8. Are you using 180° shutter?

There is a CR2 report of $16K for the RF 200-500/4. I'm not sure that is worth it. :(

I have CS6 and previous. Not sure If can reinstall 6 again. Photography is becoming such a pain now.

If it cannot be done as one step that makes the process more iterative and it also means a lot of extra DNG file management. :( I normally use DPP for Canon files and started using the Topaz DeNoise with the R5 TIFFs, but the software is dead and there are some artifacts. DXO doesn't do all the...

o_O So you must create all the NR processed DNG first and then re-open in PS? How do you control the AI settings then, or don't you have access to them? It seems even more of a hassle than DXO.

But at least it is TLC. Now we have giagantic drives with QLC like the QLC seems to be the new TLC for reading-intensive enterprise SSDs.

What do you think of the ION 6500 Micron SSD? It looks like 30TB U.3 is about $2800. A couple in RIAD 0 would hold most of my actively dataset. The price seems pretty low so I'm suspicious.

That is with the AI NR engaged? I gave up on the R7. The image capture is just too unreliable and the sensor is just a PITA. It needs an upgrade. The files are small, that's one hood thing, but 32MP does not leave a lot for cropping compared to 45/50/61 MP.

I may have to use the S*ny a few more times, but am not sure. It was so hot in the winter, but will be colder in the summer on the next trip. How long does it take per image for your Intel to do AI NR to 16-bit TIFFs?

In DXO Export IS the image processing, so that's when the CPU/GPU have to work. I cannot send 4200 61MP RAW files from one day in the jungles over satellite internet. :LOL: My 7950x with the 4070Ti processes them in under ten seconds. I have not timed a batch yet, but it's fast enough.

Wow, did they bring that back? I remember the Alcantrera "fake leather" back in the 20th century. It sounded pretentious at time. IIRC the polyurethane component had issues with durability and stability, but that was probably fixed by now. Does it support forced ventilation?

Vinyl was supposed to be the replacement for leather in the 1950s and especially the 1960s, and some higher grade cloths were options, but leather was still the most expensive. Then cheap leather became popular by the 1990s-2000s. I assumed that the leather was still the style for the high...

What design flaw? The earlier designs were sometimes electronic like a Peltier, but later ones are typically just a ventilation duct from the HVAC to the front seats with a fan. Some in the better cars suck rather than blow.

The 61MP files from the A7rV were just killing my little laptop recently in the southern regions. It only has an 1165G7 with Xeremis cores and was taking about a minute to process each file with the Deep Prime XD on. :( Do the newer Intel 13th generation P series CPUs have better Xeremis cores...

I was in two of the Type 3 and neither had a dashboard display. The iPod in the center is super cheap and out of the line of sight. It's not good for presbyopics. The car seemed cheap on general. I could never voluntarily buy a vehicle like that. I might buy an electric from a normal...

Leather seats have been available with cooling for many years now. I don't enjoy rentals with black leather seats and no cooling ventilation in the Southwest desert. Arizona and Utah were rough this summer. You can literally burn your ass on entry

Why would you want that? I'd be looking for $800 range.

Not a PC. Apple's MAC or Mac whatever. Yet I thought a PC was a DOS-based computer derived from the IBM.

That's too shady for the OS. I'm not doing anything more now anyway. The next deadline is about two years on Windows 10. There are too many uncertainties in the cameras, software and opportunities. Who knows, I may buy a MAC by then.

It's not just a meh. I was impacted by falling object in the 1971 quake. In 1994 glass and flying debris were all over the bedroom and I was uninhabitable for a few days. I know multiple people in each quake that lost their homes although there were no injuries. A building doesn't have to...

At my level the RAID card would be cheaper. For now, I'm making an extra array. Meanwhile I have an A7RV and 200-600. The files are large (~80MB ARW or 344MB TIFF), but the camera is slow. DXO is the only decent software I have for it. BreezeBrowser doesn't show a full-sized jpeg; it's...

What software does RAID 6 in Windows? Don't you need the Server for that and then the Server doesn't support normal stuff.

Like the MegaRAIDs{/url]?

That's terrible. The mold and fungus was the issue I remember from hurricanes, like Hugo, and the 1-2 punch of Irma and Maria. :cry: At least there is advance notice to evacuate yourself but not with the toronado. I assume most of you guys all have generators? I know a few northern and upper...

Have you ever seen devastation up close, like from the hurricane? I don't see anything like that in your region this week.

I avoid the Wi-Fi whenever possible. At home everything is low speed (1GbE) wired other than the Andorid mobile devices. Of course it's a psychically separate network from the NAS storage 10Gb or 2.5GbE. At work the Wi-Fi is as good (slow) as the ethernet on the docking stations. I mostly use...

It's some kind of Lendovo docking station of ~2015 vintage. The point is that the USB A has not the thunderbowls/USB 4 videos nor charging via PD. If the new laptop had a paucity of ports, I need the use a device that can do a lot with one socket. At home I don't want a full docker, just...

I assume you have a good reason. Chicago is one of the last places I'd visit for personals, but I've suffered for decades at the ORD. I maybe went to MDW once in a DC-9 or MD-80.

Unfortunately I'm not. :(

The Surfaces I've seen in the office are just like small laptops with a regular keyboard and around 2.5-3 lbs. I'm leaning towards the Lendovo depending on all the specs. I could get a small port thingie, but will probably have to pay for it myself. At home, I'm running a KVM to a second...

I'm pretty sure it would one of the smaller Surfaces, not the big brick with removable keyboard. I asked for clarifcation on which models are involved. I doubt any have enough ports naturally. (I need the power, video, keyboard/mouse, USB-LAN and dongle for the headset.)

If you had the choice of MS Surfaces or Lenovo Yogo at work, which would you choose? Neither have video or anything special that I can request. Thanks.

I'd be looking for a mainstream company and the small form factor. I only need one display, but prefer DP output and also more than one USB-C port. At least one of my NUCs lives on top on the main computer case, so the ~115mm per side style is ideal. I could probably go up to 150mm on the...

That's really a bummer. :( I always liked NUCs. Others tend to be bulky or have some other limitations. What brands are you using lately?