Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/19

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Subject: [Leica] older monitors and windows 7
From: mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:27:47 +0000
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I'm finding that loading files from the 5D mk2 (24Mb per image) into LR 
takes a good while.  I normally let it do its thing and go away and do 
something else.


Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

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On 19/03/11 19:22, Richard Man wrote:
> I found the new i7 machines the first machine in ages that I feel, "wow,
> that's fast." You throw a 200 megs files at LR or PS it will still take
> times to do certain filters or actions, but it's miles ahead of others.
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Mark Pope<mark at whitedogs.co.uk>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hi this might be a dumb question, but here goes...
>>
>> Do PC monitors need drivers, or do I just need driver(s) for the graphics
>> card?  I'm a bit confused because when go into  control panel and select
>> displays, it says 'plug and play monitor', so presumably uses a generic
>> driver.
>>
>> The XP machine is getting on, so maybe it's time to plan an
>> upgrade/replacement, probably to a quad-core machine running 64-bit 
>> Windows
>> 7.  My flat-bed scanner and printers are compatible.  In an ideal world, 
>> I'd
>> go mac, but the mac pro is way out of my league and the lack of
>> expandability of the IMac is a concern.
>>
>> I'd appreciate any advice.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Pope,
>> Swindon, Wilts
>> UK
>>
>> Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
>> Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
>> Picture a week (2010)
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
>> Picture a week (2009)
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
>>                (2008)
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
>>
>>
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