Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --------------DF5B2D900956E89C76D2A58D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just some thoughts on Mac or PC with Photoshop. How much manipulation do you intend to do? In the US you get more PC for the dollar but Photoshop was developed for the MAC. I took a Photoshop class from a local training group and they used both. You might want to consult with a professional teacher of Photoshop, particularly if you have one at your local university. My impression is that if you use it mainly as a photographer would for printing with some manipulation a PC with Pentium II at 400Mhz plus and 128 Ram should be enough. Your hard drive needs to be as big and fast as is reasonable but you don't need to get the fastest in the world. Check with Photoshop user groups. Start with www.adobe.com Adobe Systems Incorporated and go to User Forums. A two or three day class could save you a lot of money and put you in touch with people with similar interests. Working on two platforms may be more trouble than its worth but you should check with people who have tried it. Doug McLernon wrote: > How much hard disc space do you recommend, how much RAM for Photoshop, and > what processor speed would you buy in a Mac? Of course budget constraints > enter into to the equation so I am budgeting about $2500 for the computer > alone. I do know that the rule "a computer is obsolete as soon as one opens > the box" holds true- so advances will be made monthly. How easy is it to > update Macs rather than replacing the whole machine? Many thanks for your > time. > Regards, > Doug - --------------DF5B2D900956E89C76D2A58D Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Just some thoughts on Mac or PC with Photoshop. How much manipulation do you intend to do? In the US you get more PC for the dollar but Photoshop was developed for the MAC. I took a Photoshop class from a local training group and they used both. You might want to consult with a professional teacher of Photoshop, particularly if you have one at your local university. My impression is that if you use it mainly as a photographer would for printing with some manipulation a PC with Pentium II at 400Mhz plus and 128 Ram should be enough. Your hard drive needs to be as big and fast as is reasonable but you don't need to get the fastest in the world. Check with Photoshop user groups. Start with www.adobe.com <a href="http://www.adobe.com/">Adobe Systems Incorporated</a> and go to User Forums. A two or three day class could save you a lot of money and put you in touch with people with similar interests. Working on two platforms may be more trouble than its worth but you should check with people who have tried it. <p>Doug McLernon wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>How much hard disc space do you recommend, how much RAM for Photoshop, and <br>what processor speed would you buy in a Mac? Of course budget constraints <br>enter into to the equation so I am budgeting about $2500 for the computer <br>alone. I do know that the rule "a computer is obsolete as soon as one opens <br>the box" holds true- so advances will be made monthly. How easy is it to <br>update Macs rather than replacing the whole machine? Many thanks for your <br>time. <br>Regards, <br>Doug</blockquote> </html> - --------------DF5B2D900956E89C76D2A58D--