Re: [Leica] OFF TOPIC: Advice on Computer

["Bill Larsen" <ohlen@lightspeed.net>]

Dear Norman:

The first thing I would do is to call Dell and explain that you have not =
had the 30 days to see if the computer would meet your needs.  They =
should be willing to do that.  That will buy you time  to evaluate the =
system.Sounds like a great system.  I think it is a gross overstatement =
to suggest that the Apple system is best.  It seems to have evolved to =
niche market with a lot of problems and little general support.  =
Discussing computers systems is like discussing camera systems.  There =
is no one right answer.  I would suggest you try to buy time to evaluate =
what you have.  If they are unwilling to give you extra time...well, you =
can always buy the same system again if you decide it will best suit =
your overall needs.

Regards, Bill Larsen
a dedicated Gateway PC user who has never used an Apple system

- -----Original Message-----
From: Norman Milks <Norman_Milks@pribilofs.k12.ak.us>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us =
<leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 8:26 PM
Subject: [Leica] OFF TOPIC: Advice on Computer


|Hello Luggers,
|
|I recently purchased a computer for the purpose of getting into the =
"digital
|darkroom", as well as general use.  I am having second thoughts about =
my
|purchase and I would like to hear what those of you who are digitally
|manipulating Leica images, think.  The computer I bought was a DELL, =
300MHz,
|Pentium II, 64MB RAM, 8.4GB HD, 8MG Video Board.  The monitor is a =
1200HS,
|17.9" Viewable Image, DP .26, and a max reolution of 1600x1200.   The =
printer
|is an Epson Photo Stylus.  These numbers do not mean a whole lot to me, =
but
|I'm thinking they probably do to many of you.=20
|
|I have noticed that most (it seems, anyway) of you are MACnuts.  I am
|wondering if this computer will produce the results (when I get the =
full Photo
|Adobe Photo program) that are comparable to those of the Macs? =20
|
|I received the computer a month ago, had a problem getting it running, =
and had
|to wait 3 weeks and 2 days for a restoration CD to arrive.  It has just
|arrived and although the computer seems to be working fine now, I =
haven't had
|a chance to play/experiment with it.  DELL has a 30 day money back =
policy
|which will expire after Friday, and I have had some recent thoughts =
about
|returning it.   As I am a computing novice, I do not necessarily think =
that I
|need the very best computer equipment available for digital =
photography.  And
|it took a month for this computer to arrive to this remote outpost =
(after it
|had been shipped), so I am reluctant to send it back.  But a friend of =
mine
|has been insisting that I have chosen the wrong paltform (PC) to play =
with
|digital images.  And I read a thread yesterday that said something to =
the
|effect that the PowerMac G3s eat Pentium chips for breakfast! =20
|
|I don't want to wake up Saturday morning wishing that I had sent my box =
of
|Pentium chips back to the factory.  Any advice that can be offered by =
Friday
|would sure be appreciated by this 'ole lugger.  TIA!
|
|Norman=20
|BERINGIA
|
|
|
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