P2 Store - Good investment ?

[Jon Fairhurst]

Originally Posted by Barry Green

Not necessary -- just use one laptop and copy to its internal drive, and to a cheap external drive (either USB or FW). With the P2 cards being so fast, I find that I can execute both copies in barely any more time than it takes to just offload once. So I copy to the internal drive and to an external drive at the same time, and it still finishes a 4gb card in 4 minutes. Instant backup, no hassle!

Hi Barry, I agree that two laptops aren't necessary. It's a redundancy thing.

If you have a laptop and extrenal drive and the laptop fails in the field, your workflow goes due south in a handbasket. The second laptop is a safety blanket - just in case.

Regarding the P2 Store, I agree that it's a better solution for run&gun.

Yes, it's more robust than you're typical Dell laptop.

But the big advantage over a laptop in a stressful situation?...

Boot time. ;)

[Ash Greyson]

Originally Posted by Barry Green

Not simultaneous, it's sequential. I hope they update the program for simultaneous, that would rock.

Never paid attention... let me put it this way... it does BOTH faster than the P2 Store does one... at least on my system



ash =o)