How About a Lightroom "Light" for Net Books

[stlbob]

The writing is on the wall re the usefullness of net books. A great feature for LR would be to install LR on the net book in a very basic way that allows the user to download from my datacards with some relevant key words so that I can come back from a trip and simply import the catalog. I don't need to be able to work on all my files while on the road.

 

[Replytoken]

Take a look at ImgeIngester. Marc Rochkind, its author, just tweaked a version for netbooks.

--Ken

 

[Denis Pagé]

Just install Lightroom on the Netbook, work in the Library module and stay away from the others.

 

[Mark Sirota]

I haven't tried it, but in theory you could even delete the Develop module so you aren't tempted to use it. (It won't work if the image files aren't there anyway, but could take a while to load.)

 

[Roy Mathers]

The writing is on the wall re the usefullness of net books. A great feature for LR would be to install LR on the net book in a very basic way that allows the user to download from my datacards with some relevant key words so that I can come back from a trip and simply import the catalog. I don't need to be able to work on all my files while on the road.

Why do you say that the writing is on the wall for netbooks?

 

[garryknight]

stlbob:

I know you're more interested in the digital asset management side of Lightroom on a netbook, but I thought you might be interested in reading a couple of short articles I wrote a month or two ago about using Lightroom on my Advent 4211-B (MSI Wind clone) together with my Canon 4'D and Canon S3is cameras. While I didn't go overboard trying to get excellent results, I think I proved that Lightroom runs well enough on these small machines to be worth considering realistically, at least by amateur photographers.

Post-processing on a netbook
http://makinglightwork.blogspot.com/2''9/'4/post-processing-on-netbook.html

Post-processing on a netbook, part 2
http://makinglightwork.blogspot.com/2''9/'5/post-processing-on-netbook-part-2.html

By the way, "the writing is on the wall" usually means that it's time is nearly over. I think the exact opposite is true, and I suspect that that's what you meant, too. I'm really looking forward to what's coming up in the netbook world, even if I can't afford any more of them.

 

[stlbob]

Sorry Roy, my "writing is on the wall" comment was not clear. I meant that they are available and really getting popular.
Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Roy Mathers]

I agree with you stlbob. They are getting really popular, and I'm thinking of getting one myself. However, as Garry pointed out, the phrase 'writing on the wall' really means that their days are numbered!