Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A windows machine needs a fresh install of the OS on a regular basis. My main machine is around 4 years old and runs like new with a fresh OS. After a few months things get slower and I have to reinstall Windows again. Some maintenance will help. Make sure there are not too much background processes started and scan the registry now and then to check for invalid keys. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema > Datum: 29/11/07 07:30 AM > Van: "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan@nathanfoto.com> > Aan: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > CC: > Onderwerp : Re: [Leica] RAM in Laptop > > Hi Jeffery, > > I don't know. I just realized that my desktop at home in NL is not 4 > but 5 years old. It is far from non-functional. I bought it back then > with 1 GB RAM, which I have since doubled, and I also added a second > internal HD and a better DVD burner at some point. It runs Lightroom > and CS2 just fine, as well as the other software I have on it. > Granted, I still use Office 2000 on it, but so what? > > Likewise, my Powerbook G4 which now is my main computer (since it is > the only one I have with me here in Spain) came with 512 MB when I > bought it in early 2006, but for about ?100 I added the RAM to bring > it up to 1.25 GB, and it runs both Lightroom and Photoshop just > fine. Basically almost all the pictures I have posted this year have > been processed on this computer. > > I have found over the years that one of Adobe's virtues is that > successive versions of their programs do not necessarily get bigger > and slower the way most other software does. When I went from > Photoshop 7 to CS, I discovered to my delight that CS actually ran > faster on the same hardware. > > I think that as long as one does not follow Microsoft's upgrade path, > a computer can easily last several years before it is obsolete. > > Nathan > > On 29-nov-2007, at 3:03, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > >> > >> I think that "as much as you can afford" is the best answer. I > >> will no > >> longer buy a computer with less than 4gb. A PC that I bought that > >> was a real > >> "screamer" 5 years ago is now completely non-functional. Just > >> starting > >> Windows and getting Outlook up and running takes about 15 minutes. > >> What you > >> buy now will be made obsolete as soon as possible. That's what keeps > >> computer manufacturers in business. Today's screamer is tomorrow's > >> molasses > >> in winter. An Apple notebook that I bought in early 2005 now > >> crawls with its > >> 512mb RAM. Same computer, but new software. Since you cannot feed the > >> computer steroids, buy a muscular one to begin with. > >> > > > > -- > > Jeffery L. Smith > > New Orleans, LA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >