Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ct, there are standard routines programmed right on the chip that it can call. Anything that runs at chip level is always faster than executing code in a program. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Robert G. Stevens Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 2:27 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Darkroom to digital Chandos: The most important cpu specification with Photoshop is MMX. Your celeron does not have MMX. If anybody ever asks me about PC's, I always say that they need to get a pentium with MultiMedia Extensions (MMX). A lot of the bargain PC's do not have this feature. The MMX increases the Photoshop speed dramatically as PS5 is designed to use these extensions. What MMX does is that rather than the program having to calculate how to manipulate an obje Other than MMX, a PC used with Photo Shop should have 128mb or more of memory. For high end use SCSI hard drives with a fast controller and a dual processor NT machine would be quite fast, but very expensive. You could also go for a high end Mac as well if you were going to spend lots of money. The key point is that you get what you pay for in life. Regards, Robert - ---- Dr. Blacktape Comments... While this advice is all technically correct, and very helpful, one of the most important questions is left unasked and answered - as is often the case on the LUG: What are you going to be doing with the system? If someone has been going into the darkroom two do a couple of prints, they don't need to spend a great deal on a digital system. Yes, you get what you pay for, but a basic setup will allow someone to have fun with digital printing, produce a reasonable number of prints, and no break the bank.