[rollei_list] Re: Computer for PhotoShop CS2
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:04:44 -0700
At 11:48 PM 8/5/2006 +0100, you wrote:
Jeffery
If you're going to be scanning in color Rollei scans at high-res (eg
4000dpi) then what you really need is memory. I struggle with 1GB
when doing a 16bit scan on chromes - files are c. 500MB. If you can
simply pop in 4G to your existing machine I would expect very
respectable PS performance.
I would agree with just about all the comments made by others, but
beware of being able to "simply pop" in 4G to an existing machine. I
can "simply pop" in 1G to my system, which was state of the art 3 years ago.
By all means stick with a desktop, and one of the important things to
consider is the number of available slots. New systems seem to have
less and less slots, and every time you want to add a feature, it
seems to require a new interface, and thus a new slot. Also, take a
tour of the Microsoft site which covers their new operating
system. Although I am content with Windows XP, I was once content
with DOS, even CP/M before that. Problem is that as new software
comes out, it's often not backwards compatible with earlier operating
systems.
Regarding adding hard drives, my recommendation is to get a box that
has room for more internal drives. I just changed boxes (ended up
with one of those "gamers" boxes with all the lights, etc) but it at
least has 10 drive/device slots. Before that I had a couple of
drives mounted with home-made brackets, and had added some internal
fans. This box, a bit flashy for me, does have good cooling.
Even with my new case, I still have an external modem (preferred, by
the way), an external cable modem, and an external card adapter and
DVD burner. Also, I still have a 6 port USB adapter even though the
basic mother board has 4 USB ports built in. Several of them are
just for convenicence, however. I keep all my camera USB cables
plugged into the expander all the time, just to avoid losing them in
the jumble of stuff I seem to build up here.
Seems that regardless of what I do I end up with an Octopus that
looks like a computer. (I'm in a somewhat special situation, running
two operating systems. I hope no one else has to go there.)
DAW
Don Williams
La Jolla, CA
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