Portable printer for travelling

Canon SELPHY ES30 Compact Photo Printer

• Dye Sublimation Printing
• Compact Portable Design
• 3.0" Color LCD Display
• Simple Operation
• Gold and Silver Ink Available
• Direct Print Capable

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/580984-REG/Canon_2676B001_SELPHY_ES30_Compact_Photo.html#reviews

50 4"x6" sheets(ink included) are $13 at B&H. Good for travelling photographers

who want to give photos to people they photograph.

Excellent hard drive backup program

Backup and Recovery that is EASY to Perform!

Acronis True Image Home 2009 complete PC protection: back up your entire PC, including the OS plus your data, applications, pictures, video, financial documents, settings and everything!

Acronis True Image Home 2009 is an award-winning backup and recovery solution for a good reason: it protects your PC after just one click and allows you to recover from viruses, unstable software downloads, and failed hard drives. Create an exact copy of your PC and restore it from a major failure in minutes, or back up important files and recover them even faster.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Best deal on Dell M1330 9-cell battery

85 WHr 9-Cell Lithium-Ion Primary Battery for Dell XPS M1330 Laptop

$179.99 at Dell.com

$57 with free shipping at ebay.com. Fast shipping. Arrived in 2 days from Newark, CA.

http://shop.ebay.com/items/__dell-battery-m1330-9-cell?LH_Price=50..70@c&LH_SiteWideCondition=New13180&_fln=1&_ssov=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282&LH_SpecificSeller=1..cbk_usa_electronics

Sanyo Eneloop 8 Pack AA NiMH Pre-Charged Rechargeable Batteries

Great deal on pre-charged NiMH batteries that do not lose their charge when left for extended periods of time.

Excellent power for flash photography.

http://amzn.com/B000LNI5VC

4-port USB hub for M1330

Targus ACH63US Super Mini USB 2.0 4-Port Hub

http://amzn.com/B0009OAP98

Allows up to 5 USB devices to plug into the M1330.

Really useful short USB A Male to B Mini Male Cables(1 ft):

http://amzn.com/B001F23JO6

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade - $49.99

http://amzn.com/B002DHLUWK

While supplies last.

Dell M1330 Latest Bios Update - A015

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

Follow the instructions carefully.

Dell XPS M1330 System BIOS

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Release Date:	1/7/2009
Version:	A15	Other Versions
Download Type:	BIOS
File Format:	Windows/DOS
File Size:	1 MB

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Level of Importance: Recommended This file may include updates from a previous release. To review the details and Criticality of previous releases, click on Other Versions. It is usually best to use the most current version. Only use an older version if there is a conflict with the newer version. For more information, click on Drivers Help.

Important Information Please update VGA driver to version A10(Vista 32bits)/ A05(Vista 64bits) Or later for optimal performance of system

Compatibility Systems Operating systems XPS M1330 BIOS

Best netbook yet?

ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook - 10.5 Hour Battery Life

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Lightroom 2 Links & Tutorials

LR2 Intro tutorials at Adobe:

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/lightroom/articles/lir2am_videotutorials.html

$40 for excellent 7.5 hour downloadable LR2 tutorial with guru Jeff Schewe:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/videos/LR2.shtml

58 episodes with tips & tricks(also available on iTunes)

http://www.thedigitalphotographyconnection.com/LFDP.php

Useful LR2 links:

http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/

http://forums.adobe.com/community/lightroom

http://www.lightroomqueen.com/blog/

http://www.lightroomqueen.com/blog/

http://forums.adobe.com/community/lightroom

Speeding up the Dell M1330 laptop

Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive

Great drive and reportedly 10-15% faster seek/read/write times over the stock 120 gb drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-136-280

The M1330 with latest firmware upgrade A015 now supports up to 8gb of RAM. (Note: You will need a 64-bit version of Windows for 4gb+).

You can install 4GB of RAM with 2 2GB CORSAIR 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Laptop Memory Model VS2GSDS667D2 chips. Best performance comes from matched set of chips. Buy 2!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-145-172