Leaving stuff behind

[braeside]

Possibly considering the Dell Mini 10v netbook to install OSX Hackintosh. Apparently it works very well. Note it has to be the 10v model not the 10 which does not work with Hackintosh.

[harvey]

I bought an 8.9" netbook a couple of years ago and used it in Egypt in December. Very handy since wifi was pretty common. I helped my sister buy a 10.1" netbook last month and she likes it a lot. I plan to get one too soon since the larger screen and especially the larger keyboard makes it much more usable. The overall size and weight is not much more than the 8.9" model so it is worth it. By the way, the free FastStone is what I use to view all my files (raw included). It is small and fast. Doesn't have all the other stuff that Picasa has that I don't care about. I just wanted a good viewer.

I had to use faststone on my Samsung NC10 initially because it was the only thing that supported ARW files. But now Irfanview supports the Sony format so I can go back to that.

Harvey

[bakubo]

I had to use faststone on my Samsung NC10 initially because it was the only thing that supported ARW files. But now Irfanview supports the Sony format so I can go back to that.

Years ago I used Irfanview, but then decided I liked Faststone much better. Faststone show all the image files as thumbnails. Does Irfanview do that now?

[harvey]

Years ago I used Irfanview, but then decided I liked Faststone much better. Faststone show all the image files as thumbnails. Does Irfanview do that now?

Yes, type t in irfanview or run the thumbnail viewer directly from start menu.

On my 5 year old PC it is quite slow to show a directory of A900 images.

Harvey

[bakubo]

Here is a screenshot of Faststone and a bunch of ARW files with thumbnails. When you go to a new folder with A700 ARW files it creates the thumbnails pretty quickly and then if you return later it doesn't have to create them again. There are various skins, but I just use the old Windows classic skin.

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[Dr. Harout]

I have both Faststone and ACDSee. I prefer the latter. I had Irfanview (long time ago and older version probably) but returned to the one I use now.

[bakubo]

I have both Faststone and ACDSee. I prefer the latter. I had Irfanview (long time ago and older version probably) but returned to the one I use now.

Is ACDSee free? How well does it run on a little netbook?

[Dusty]

ACDSee 12 is $69.99, ACDSee Pro 3 is $169.99.

FastStone just released Ver 4.2 today.

Photoscape will also let you view thumbnails, and caches them so that once viewed, show again very quickly.

Dusty

[Dr. Harout]

I have both Faststone and ACDSee. I prefer the latter. I had Irfanview (long time ago and older version probably) but returned to the one I use now.

Is ACDSee free? How well does it run on a little netbook?

It's "almost" free here. Frankly can't say how it runs on a netbook (I don't have one).

[roysmith]

Another free image viewer you can use to view images (including RAW files) is Google Picasa. It's quite light and the integrated face recognition can be useful sometimes.

[bakubo]

ACDSee 12 is $69.99, ACDSee Pro 3 is $169.99.

I just want a viewer so free for a really good one is great. Definitely not interested in paying that kind of money for a viewer.

[Dr. Harout]

ACDSee 12 is $69.99, ACDSee Pro 3 is $169.99.

I just want a viewer so free for a really good one is great. Definitely not interested in paying that kind of money for a viewer.

You already have the PMB too (Picture Motion Browser) which came along with your DSLR.

[bakubo]

You already have the PMB too (Picture Motion Browser) which came along with your DSLR.

How well does it work with Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Panasonic, Samsung, etc. RAW files (I assume it does work with KM RAW files) and PS PSD files? I have various RAW formats as do many people. Since we are talking about a photo viewer for a netbook it is important to know how small and fast it is. I have never loaded it so I don't know the answer to any of these questions.

[Javelin]

Surprised nobody has sugested Picasa. it's still the best of the free --does everything you need --apps for pictures. it's got a pretty small footprint and displays any RAW file actually. works for a lot of other formats too TiFF ect. I run it on my MSI wind and works just fine.

Sorry I see Picasa was mentioned, now sure how I missed it.

[aster]

The PMB version that came with my HDR-XR550E camcorder became a part of my photo-viewing process. No other software will open my movies because SONY has a propriety format for its HD camcorders. You can view them on Bravia HD TVs but to see them on any other device you have to convert them to WMV or MPEG-2 in the PMB first.

I don't know if it's the same software that comes with Alpha DSLRs.

It's a good application though. Like Picasa, it chronologically archives all files from all of my Sony equipments including DSLR. It runs and searches for media files automatically everytime I connect a device by USB.

The RAW files can be viewed as thumbnails but can't be edited while the JPEGs can.

I also have Picasa 3 installed and I like the user interface. It creates very nice slideshows for presentations either from your photos or movies. Hardly any other application out especially free ones, creates such smooth and HD slides. I'd recommend it because the quality is very good.

Yildiz

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