Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Brian. Memory isn't that expensive anymore. I would go to 2G. I think thats a minimum for heavy graphics. I upgraded to 4G on my 2.3 Ghz G5. But I run CS2. Don't expect a 150M color tiff to open in a half second though. Len On Jun 8, 2007, at 10:00 AM, Brian Ampolsk wrote: > I'm using PhotoShop Elements 4.0 on my iMac Intel Dual Core running > at 2.16 GHz. It has 250 MB storage and 1 GB memory. I find that > when I run Elements, it's very slow indeed and also slows down > everything else on the iMac. I've always preached that the best > bang for the buck in computer hardware is memory. 'will it run > substantially better with 2 Gig memory? Should I increase to the > system max of 3 gig? Has anyone else had experience with a > similarly configured system? And, finally, is anyone using Capture > One LE (that came with the M8) or Capture One Professional . If > so, do either of these products perform better than Elements? I > assume that PhotoShop CS will perform worse, not better. > > Thanks in advance for any advice. > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information