Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/29

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Subject: [Leica] Comp Obsolesence
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu Nov 29 22:01:48 2007
References: <cac.20efc53b.34805d00@aol.com>

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 a  computer can easily last several years before it is  obsolete.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
>
>
>
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