Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From what I've read, PS likes to work in RAM that's 4-5 times the size of the image being processed. So for a 20-30MB file, you'll need around 128MB of RAM. I tried to run PS on my old 200Mhz Pentium with 64MB, and when processing 20MB images it swapped to disk constantly. It was painfully slow. When I upgraded to a machine with enough memory it was a huge relief. Your processor is plenty fast enough, but consider a RAM upgrade to 128MB. SCSI disks have faster transfer rates than IDE drives, which will only make a difference when storing or retrieving images (as long as you have enough RAM to prevent swapping - if not, SCSI will make the swapping faster). SCSI disks are also much more expensive than IDE disks. So, spend your money on memory, and you'll be a lot happier. Paul Chefurka - -----Original Message----- From: Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de [mailto:Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de] Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 2:02 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Photoshop hardware requirements? According to Adobe's website the hardware requirements for Photoshop are very moderate. (5.5 "additional" 64K RAM, 96k recommended, LE "additional" 16k Ram). But from your posts I learned that a scan at 2700 dpi resolution will produce 27k file. So what you will actually need? I have a Pentium II with 400Mhz and 64k RAM. And what about SCSI card? Sorry for the perhaps silly questions, but books on the subject are either outdated or, in order to avoid this, too general. Magazines focus on equipment tests, but not on complete solutions. And when asking a sales person, you are always in between the computer and the photo department who both recommend what they have as unsold stock. Hans-Peter