Thanks much! I'll take a look for Sonys when I get back to New Orleans. I have been concerned about non-CRT monitors. I'll look for the Samsung as well. Thanks again! ----- Start Original Message ----- Sent: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 12:22:34 -0700 From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Computer for PhotoShop CS2 > 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¬ ----- End Original Message ----- --- 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