Peter. We are having a competition here to see who can cram the most JARGON into a RUG message. I can't say who is leading now, but I can say you are getting close :-) Jerry "Peter K." wrote: > Hi Jeffrey' Why no one answers you question is beyond me. Buy a fast > PC. Personally I would get a good brand that provides support should > you need it. I like SONY (wonderful support), DELL, and Gateway. There > are probably others but this is my recommendation in that order.SONY > also has the nicest flat panel for the money, but the others are > pretty good. The best IMO is Samsung. CRTs are dead regardless of what > people say. The SONY Hi Brite (spelling?) is a great LCD panel.You can > opt for a Dual Core but avoid XP64, it is awful. Stick with XP and > limit your icons in the trays. Also turn off an anti virus when using > CS2. You can also consider turning off Indexing. And above all tune up > CS2. Most people forget to turn off some options that will improve it > like turning off saving both PC and MAC files, etc. Hope this helps.Oh > yeah, no matter what laptop you have, the equivalent speed desktop > will always be faster. Has a lot to do with the electronics, etc. This > is all I will say as I am sure I will get a rebuttal to this from some > armchair engineers. Peter K > On 8/4/06, Jeffery Smith <jls@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It's time for me to upgrade my 3-year-old Gateway computer > to something with more resources, and I need to go from > Photoshop CS to CS2. For the same amount of money, will a PC > serve me as well as a Mac? If I'm going to shoot for a $2500 > spending limit (for just the computer, not the PhotoShop), > how would it be best spent? I can add external hard drives, > so internal hard drive space is not so much a concern. > > Jeffery > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > > > -- > Peter K > Ó¿Õ¬ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: > 08/04/2006 >