Originally Posted By gaydsnywitch Last time I was at Disneyland, I wished that I had a laptop. So when I got home, I went and bought one. Haven't made it back to Disneyland yet but I'm definitely getting my moneys worth from that laptop.
Originally Posted By dsnykid I love having our laptpop with us.we can keep in touch with our family and send them pics.. and we can watch movies at night and also upload the camera every night... it's worth packing.
Originally Posted By TinksBestFriend What does a melted computer cook like? The last 3 days - Sun, Mon & Tues the temperature in Anaheim has been in the 90s.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Looks like Trippy and I are in the minority here. There's no way I would take a laptop with me on vacation. I don't even turn on my cell phone unless I'm expecting an obscene phone call from Goodgirl or some other crazed LPer. ;-)
Originally Posted By fidoprincess wonderingalice, without a laptop, what do you do with your photos? Our trip will be 9 days long and I know I will need to dump the photos on the computer at least a few times, if not every night. We have 3 large memory cards but all of us like to take pictures and it is easy to fill them up. Do you just buy more memory cards or take less pictures? I'm wondering-lol. Mickeynewe, HoJo's will hold the laptop in their back office for you if your room is not ready at check in and also if you check out of your room and go to the park that last day! Just ask at the desk. They are so nice there. Do not leave it in the car.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Hey fidoprincess... We have a card that will hold about 1,000 shots and we have 0 children. *LOL* Guess that explains it, eh? Over a week-long trip to Hawaii in 2005, we took 300 and that felt like a LOT to us.
Originally Posted By mickeynewe Thanks for the heads up fidoprincess! That is good information to know!
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>wonderingalice, without a laptop, what do you do with your photos? Our trip will be 9 days long and I know I will need to dump the photos on the computer at least a few times, if not every night.<< Wow. I can get about 700 shots on my memory card (1 GB). That's way more than we take.
Originally Posted By fidoprincess fkurucz, I guess I shoud break down and invest in a bigger card. We have 3 cards but they are each only 512mb but we also have 3 cameras. It doesn't seem as if we can get 350 pics on each card? More like 200, if that, hmmm wonder if I am missing a trick there? Both of my kids have their own and take pictures too. They love it plus ds likes the "video" part and filmed the fireworks show last time. Theirs are the kodak kind that you just put on the printer dock and press print but I am not lugging those along this time-lol. Last DL trip, I took them and tink brought them photo albums. Seemed like such a fun idea ahead of time but they nearly drove me crazy printing pictures and organizing them in their albums each day. All I could say was, "Hurry up, hurry up, we are at DL!" I was so silly I didn't realize that you could just put regular batteries in their cameras-ugh. I thought we HAD to have the printer/charger dock. Still it is a fun thing for them and adds a lot to their trip AND they carry the cameras themselves in their own packs-lol. Still I love having my laptop along. If worst comes to worst and I can't hook up the little car dvd player into the hotel tv, DH and I can watch movies at night when the kids crash. I also love how the kids can put the pictures on the computer and make them be a slideshow and a screensaver and they even email the pics to Grandma who takes care of their cats while they are away. (I would not pay for internet but when it's free, might as well use it!)
Originally Posted By GMLSKIS I take mt laptop on every trip I go and lock it in my suitcase. It's main use is to upload my digital pictures to every night so I can start the next day with empty memory cards. I also view the pictures on the bigger screen to see if they look good or I have to retake a picture the next day. If the motel has free wireless I also get to check my email which is a big plus. I wouldn't leave home without it.
Originally Posted By kennedyjane My laptop is a must on vacation. DH and I enjoy watching movies on the plane. Mainly we bought it to upload pictures from my digital camera, but it's been a big help. I keep a Calfornia file in my favorites for everything we want to see and do while on vacation. In the past I would print this information out and bring it w/. Having the laptop is so much easier. I havent stayed off property in a long time, but Paradise Pier and The Grand Califorian have room safes. Hope you do bring it and don't lock it up in your car. Laptops don't like heat.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>fkurucz, I guess I shoud break down and invest in a bigger card. We have 3 cards but they are each only 512mb but we also have 3 cameras. It doesn't seem as if we can get 350 pics on each card? More like 200, if that, hmmm wonder if I am missing a trick there?<< It depend on varous factors: 1) How many megapixels is the camera set to? 2) Compression level? Keep in mind that for 4x6 prints anything above 4 megapixels is overkill (in fact 4 MP is good enough for 5x7 prints).
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>They love it plus ds likes the "video" part and filmed the fireworks show last time.<< Video gobbles up memory big time.
Originally Posted By GrumpysWife The last three hotels we stayed in had room safes big enough to hold a laptop, I'm thinking this is a growing trend, as so many people bring them along now. I love having ours along..
