Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I think that border on masochism, sorry...I cannot imagine running anything with 385 MB RAM and on a Pentium II. Of course you can, but using 10 year old software, but I see little point in robbing oneself of the advances made in Photoshop since PS 5. Nathan On 29-nov-2007, at 19:20, Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 11/29/2007 9:08:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > > 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 a computer can easily last several years before it is obsolete.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 > > > ------------------------------ > Nathan, > > I'm still using my 10 year old Dell. The most RAM it can hold is > 385MB. Yet > it runs PS 5, Publisher 3, and almost everything else I throw at > it. Its > 450MhZ Pentium II is only slow when reading The Times online. The > pages change > gradually. > > Since I buy a new comp every 10 years, I'll be in the market for a > 17" HP > laptop next month that runs the new Intel 45nm chipset. > > I'll still be using my venerable Dell for making up newsletters > and doing > photo work. > I'll be using the HP laptop for online reading mostly and to hide > behind > when I sleep at meetings. > > Best, > Bob > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of > 2007's hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007? > NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > _______________________________________________ > 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