Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, get the i7 machine and load it with at least 16 GB. 32 GB if you can afford it. If you can't afford SSD, then get the 10,000 RPM drive. The video card won't make much difference for Photoshop. Just get a decent one with at least 512MB. Run Win7 x64 of course. Your quality of life will improve a lot :-) On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>wrote: > Hi Mark, > > thanks for the advice - I'm currently looking at Lenovo Workstations with > lots of number-crunching abilities that can speed up my translation > databases and not slow down to a crawl when using Photoshop CS (I'm > currently working with 250 MB files of scanned mining maps and it is S l o > w! - only 2.4GBs of RAM). > > Anyone heard anything particularly good or bad about Lenovo? > > Cheers > Douglas > > > On 13.03.2012 17:52, Mark Pope wrote: > >> Hi Doug, >> >> I would be inclined to install Lightroom3 on the Windows 7 machine first, >> then migrate your images/catalogue over by exporting it from the XP >> machine, then import on the Windows 7 machine. Only when you're satisfied >> that everything is working satisfactorily on the Windows 7 machine would I >> upgrade. >> You may also have to copy any settings you have made in the print module, >> for example for any bespoke print sizes, as these aren't part of the >> catalogue. >> Printer profiles will also need to be installed on the new machine. >> >> Have fun! >> >> >> Mark Pope, >> Swindon, Wilts >> UK >> >> Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk >> Blog >> 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<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010> >> Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** >> index.php?gallery=paw/2009<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009> >> (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** >> index.php?gallery=paw/2008<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008> >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>