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From: Ron Hunter <rphunter@charter.net>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras,fj.comp.dev.digital-camera,rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Subject: Re: USB2 faster than Firewire
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:42:10 -0500
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Mark M wrote:
>>>Costco has an external 120GB Firewire/USB2 HD right now (Maxtor 7200RPM)
>>>for $179!
>>>These are great drives.  I have two of them connected to my laptop as I
> 
> type
> 
>>>this...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>You need more than 240 GB (the two plus whatever you have in the
>>laptop)?  What do you DO with that space?
> 
> 
> You'd be surprised what 35,000 Canon 10D/D30 RAW images can fill after
> they've been processed into full depth tif files...and...slide scans of
> 50-100MB PER IMAGE add up to...
> 
> 
Haven't you ever heard of compression, or the delete key, for that 
matter?  Of course, you could just keep buying more storage, I guess.
Imagine how much space those pictures would be taking up on even 35 mm film!