Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photoshop PC reqs?
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:27:48 +0100

John,

The answer to your question is simple: buy all the memory and hard disk space
you can afford--those picture files are big! Also do not forget a good video
card and ditto monitor. Instead or in addition to a Zip drive, I recommend a CD
ROM burner. The Zip disks are handy but much more expensive per megabyte than
blank CDRs. Also, if you want to share stuff with other people, a CD is a much
more universal medium than a Zip disk.

Nathan

John McLeod wrote:

> LUGgers,
>
> I am planning to purchase a new desktop PC soon and want it to have the
> "horsepower" for using Photoshop or similar programs.  If one goes to a
> website like Dell's, for example, and tries to configure a system. there are
> many variables including system RAM, video/graphics RAM, hard drive space,
> whether to include a built-in Zip drive, printer type, etc.  I want to be
> sure that this new PC is up to the task of digital photography in general.
> Advice appreciated.
>
> Since this request is already off-topic, if the advice gets too detailed for
> general LUG consumption (e.g. the pros and cons of 4 vs. 16 MB of
> video/graphics memory), private e-mail is fine.
>
> John McLeod



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