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Subject: [Leica] Not yet upgrading to LR4
From: meino at innerside.demon.nl (Meino de Graaf)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:55:03 +0100
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Mark

have you tried the procedure described in this thread?
http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/how-to-run-old-minolta-scanners-on-vista-7_topic80321.html

regards
Meino

On 3/14/2012 6:28 PM, Mark Pope wrote:
> Hi Douglas,
>
> that's exactly what I did and it wasn't that expensive. I'm lucky in
> that I have a local store that really care about the systems they build.
> I ended up with a core i7 cpu, 16GB RAM, a 1GB video card and 2TB HDD (I
> subsequently added the 2TB drive from my old XP machine, which holds my
> images).
> I'm running 64-bit Windows 7 professional.
> The speed of the system is limited by the main HDD, but it is quite
> fast. Having read Richard's post, I am tempted to use a faster HDD, but
> it's not a priority at this time.
>
> The only downside is that I can't run my Minolta film scanner.
> Apparently, the USB interface on the scanner has problems with timing
> with faster machines :-(
>
>
>
> Mark Pope,
> Swindon, Wilts
> UK
>
> Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk
> Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
> Picture a week (2012) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2012
> Picture a week (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
> (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
>
> On 14/03/2012 00:14, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>> Thanks again, Richard
>>
>> looks like a custom-built job for me.
>>
>> Best
>> Douglas
>>
>> On 13.03.2012 22:57, Richard Man wrote:
>>> I would certainly go for a configurable box from someone rather than a
>>> name
>>> brand. For us photographers, we really want the fastest CPU, but not
>>> necessarily bazillion cores (e.g. 4 cores at 3 GHz of the same processor
>>> will be better than 8 cores at 2.66 Ghz - for the SAME processor), the
>>> mostest memory (8Gb minimum, 16GB is much better and 32GB will get
>>> diminished return) and just a plain decent card and the fastest SATA
>>> drive.
>>>
>>> For $3000-$4000, in US, I could get i7 @3GHz, may be 8 cores (again 4
>>> would
>>> be fine), at least 16 GB, probably more like 32GB, 2 TB 10,000 RPM drive
>>> and a decent card easily. So you are good to go.
>>>
>>> Just a few other drives for continuous backup, but they are cheap.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Richard, I'll look into it.
>>>>
>>>> Or what do you think of these people?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.happyware.de/en/
>>>>
>>>> They're more or less just up the road from me, close to Hamburg - I
>>>> translated some marketing stuff for them recently - and they appear
>>>> offer
>>>> some pretty good custom deals.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I'll ask them for a quote. I'm thinking of a limit of 2-2.5
>>>> thousand
>>>> euros - so that should get me quite a bit of power and speed.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>> Douglas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 13.03.2012 21:00, Richard Man wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <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<htt**p://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<htt**p://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<htt**p://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.**
>>>>>>> php?gallery=paw/2008<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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