One hour later, they were hungry for Windows again.
Actually this is almost certainly exactly what did happen to them all.
No evidence for the Suns, but I've seen with my own eyes plenty of other times (individuals, offices, foreign owned companies, state owned enterprises, University computing labs)
It's basically just common practice here to buy machines without Windows, pay a dollar for a CD of XP and install it after delivery. Just the way it works. Yes it's illegal. Yes occasionally they crack down on people selling or pressing the discs. No, this has no effect
(pay another dollar for office, another for Visual Studio, Photoshop, etc)
Well, one of the other millions of other stand alone devices like it anyway. Cost the equivalent of US$30 plus the disk. Came with charger, leads, etc. Mine won't act as a USB host, only as a smart card reader - but this was available for a bit more.
Works great and is totally transparent - pair of memory sticks and swap them between the machine and the camera. Battery life is about 1000 photos or thereabouts - by which time the battery's dead in the camera anyway.
If I was going on longer trips or taking impossible to retake photos then I might buy a second one to put in my wife's bag and copy all the photos twice.
The fact that I can plug it into a PC without a power adaptor or finding a second USB connection is fairly neat but then most machines I've tried supplied enough power for my 2.5" disk anyway.
OK so I'm pretty sure I abuse my gear much more than anyone else here so far, but no-one's yet pointed out the huge and real problem with a neoprene sleeve in a backpack - they don't do anything to stop the laptop being squashed - and so you end up with lots of dead bits of screen in no time as you start to cram the backpack full or squeeze the backpack into a small space.
If you're actually going to check-in your laptop (brave man) or if you're going to throw the bag around yourself / sit on it / whatever then definitely go for a (Pelican) peli-case. These are indeed indestructable - I routinely drop/throw $2000 worth of camera gear in one and don't even worry about it. On the flip side they're expensive, heavy, bulky and are a bit slower to get the gear out of.
Unless it's about all I'm carrying (when I actually do use a sleeve in a small backpack) then I tend to carry (sometimes dozens of) ordinary bags (with well protected gear) which I can abuse and a laptop bag which I look after. I like to be able to use the laptop while travelling, otherwise I'd stick it in a pelicase, pack it with the rest of the gear and forget about it.
Oh, and like others say and buy a well engineered bag whatever - it's worth it when the buckles don't snap / straps tear off / bottom wears out.
Mil surplus gear is great but then so are padded straps and the ability to take it into an office.
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Actually, isn't this also about what the Indonesian govt (or someone) agreed to pay MS lately?
One hour later, they were hungry for Windows again.
Actually this is almost certainly exactly what did happen to them all.
No evidence for the Suns, but I've seen with my own eyes plenty of other times (individuals, offices, foreign owned companies, state owned enterprises, University computing labs) It's basically just common practice here to buy machines without Windows, pay a dollar for a CD of XP and install it after delivery. Just the way it works. Yes it's illegal. Yes occasionally they crack down on people selling or pressing the discs. No, this has no effect
(pay another dollar for office, another for Visual Studio, Photoshop, etc)
Well, one of the other millions of other stand alone devices like it anyway. Cost the equivalent of US$30 plus the disk. Came with charger, leads, etc. Mine won't act as a USB host, only as a smart card reader - but this was available for a bit more.
Works great and is totally transparent - pair of memory sticks and swap them between the machine and the camera. Battery life is about 1000 photos or thereabouts - by which time the battery's dead in the camera anyway.
If I was going on longer trips or taking impossible to retake photos then I might buy a second one to put in my wife's bag and copy all the photos twice.
The fact that I can plug it into a PC without a power adaptor or finding a second USB connection is fairly neat but then most machines I've tried supplied enough power for my 2.5" disk anyway.
-Matt
OK so I'm pretty sure I abuse my gear much more than anyone else here so far, but no-one's yet pointed out the huge and real problem with a neoprene sleeve in a backpack - they don't do anything to stop the laptop being squashed - and so you end up with lots of dead bits of screen in no time as you start to cram the backpack full or squeeze the backpack into a small space.
If you're actually going to check-in your laptop (brave man) or if you're going to throw the bag around yourself / sit on it / whatever then definitely go for a (Pelican) peli-case. These are indeed indestructable - I routinely drop/throw $2000 worth of camera gear in one and don't even worry about it. On the flip side they're expensive, heavy, bulky and are a bit slower to get the gear out of.
Unless it's about all I'm carrying (when I actually do use a sleeve in a small backpack) then I tend to carry (sometimes dozens of) ordinary bags (with well protected gear) which I can abuse and a laptop bag which I look after. I like to be able to use the laptop while travelling, otherwise I'd stick it in a pelicase, pack it with the rest of the gear and forget about it.
Oh, and like others say and buy a well engineered bag whatever - it's worth it when the buckles don't snap / straps tear off / bottom wears out.
Mil surplus gear is great but then so are padded straps and the ability to take it into an office.