Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had a dual pentium processor PC 2 x 300 hz and at some photoshop feauteres it was faster than a 1,6 Ghz pentium 4 PC with the same ram on both ! - In general Photoshop is one of the best applications to take advantage of multible processors but if I had to stick with one processor I would rather have a 1,8 GHZ processor with 1,5 gb ram than a 3,0 ghz processor with 500 mb ram - The mac thing I never could understand - PCs might not be userfriendly but they are actually more logic and chances of getting your files lost a less in PC and prices are still 30% cheaper. Mac is going to slowly skip interest in prof. graphic desktops in order to concentrate on the i.pod market or what ever those small things are called. Drop a LCD screen for pictures - get a d2/lacie callibrated 21 " monitor and gfet Photoshop CS2 - IMOH FYI ETC. and A :-) - ruben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:53 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Computers > Never used something else but a Mac unless I had to the last 15 years. > It's the interface that makes it so pleasant to work with. And the design. > And the user friendly programs. > Just one thing though: unless you plan to make some very large scans or do > some video editing, I don't see why you'd need a super power processor. So > a > mini with a good screen (bigger than 17") would do just fine IMO. > You better put your money into PS CS instead of Elements and a dual > processor G5 monster, IMO. > > --- > >> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 17:13:01 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Computers >> >> I grant that the very high end is still CRT-only. My claim was that >> consumer-grade flat-panel is as good as or better than consumer-grade >> CRT. >> There's still no substitute for the Sony GDM-F520, including Sony's >> intended >> replacement for it, the GDM-C520. But an Apple Cinema Display has better >> contrast and fewer high-frequency artifacts (so, for example, text is >> cleaner). >> >>> I don't know Brian. I work in the visual effects business, where we make >>> digital composites >>> for feature film work and I have yet to see a LCD screen that can match >>> the >>> dynamic range of >>> a good tube. Trust me, we would love to find one that does. LCD screens >>> have >>> made huge leaps in performance in the past few years and they look >>> great, but >>> they are still not quite there. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information