On Jun 19, 2018, RJH wrote
(in article ):

On 19/06/2018 05:32, Savageduck wrote:
On Jun 18, 2018, Bill W wrote
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Best Buy has a 10.5"/256 version for about $670. That's got my
interest.

Check on whether that iPad Pro is WiFi only, or WiFi+Cellular. If you are
going to use it for travel it is best to have all options available. As
ubiquitous as WiFi hotspots are these days, inevitably you will find
yourself someplace without WiFi. Also, consider getting the 512GB edition, it is good
to have the extra room.

Really? 512GB will bump the price up considerably - $250 or so?

....but then you would have plenty of room for those road-trip backups, and
editing. I like to have that headspace, and I recommend as much memory as you
can afford if you are shooting a bunch of images.

I bought a Macbook Pro* recently from the refurb store with a 128GB SSD
- that seems to be fine for work use (iClouded, mainly Msoft Office
documents) and it seems to 'serve' the 100GB Photos library just fine.
Standing at 80GB free space after almost a year.

Great if that meets your needs, but some of us here can shoot quite a large
number of fairly large RAW files in a day of shooting. That 80 GB could
evaporate very quickly. I don’t use Apple Photos, I do use iCloud Drive,
and Adobe CC.

Although I do suspect that this NG's users have considerably larger
photo libraries, and I've probably misunderstood the way the Adobe's
cloud storage system works . . .

Probably, but are you even considering a subscription to Adobe CC?

* A pre-touchbar/dodgy keyboard/USB C model. I suspect an iPad
Pro/keyboard will replace it in 5 or 6 years time - mainly for the touch
screen. When I looked into it the 13" weight advantage was only 200g or
so once the keyboard was factored in. A friend has the larger screen
version - very impressive. For now, though, the Macbook is marvellous.

A MBP is a great laptop. However, I would have looked for a larger SSD 500GB
- 1TB, and a minimum of 16GB RAM. For me, now that I have retired, I don’t
need to lug my old 17” MBP around. These days I have more use for a desktop
than a laptop.

My 10.5” iPad Pro with 512GB, the Apple Smart Keyboard, and the Apple
Pencil makes a great, powerful, lightweight travel companion. Adobe CC syncs
all my files with edits, and ratings between my iOS devices, and my desktop.

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Regards,
Savageduck