From: "Lee Jones" <lee@FRUMBLE.CLAREMONT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:14 AM

> > An increasingly cheaper option (but still not cheap) is to get a
> > flash-card to hard disk portable unit that gives 20 to 60 GB of
> > hard disk store. You can buy 20 GB units here for $US300 or so
>
> There are also flash memory card to CD-R writers.  Simple to use,
> they directly copy memory card(s) contents to CD-R(s) for archival
> storage.  A couple models are:
>
>     Alera Digital Photo Copy Cruiser, $200
>     Apacer Disc Steno CP200, $300

Keep in mind there are some really nice 12" notebooks available in the $1000
range that you can use either to dump the images onto a HD or burn to CD.
It also does everything else a notebook can do.  $200-300 puts a big dent in
the price of a notebook.  The only advantage of the dedicated units is
smaller size, but the 12" models aren't that large and are very nice to have
on vacation.

I just bought a 12" powerbook to take with when I travel.  I use it as a
portable DVD,  a place to store my digital pictures, keep up with my email,
and play games.  It's also not very hard to find restaurants or coffee shops
offer free WiFi.

Jason

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